orville's (not gibson) mandolin

**cgwilsonjr** · Aug-15-2005, 2:55pm

I went to the Smithsonian Air/Space museum over the weekend and went into the Wright Brothers display. I was intersted to discover that Orville Wright was a dedicated mandolin player. They even had his mandolin in a glass case: a round-back Washburn. How cool is that?

**Hans** · Aug-15-2005, 5:05pm

Hey Charles, I have and old Washburn bowlback and I live on Washburn Av.

**bolannta** · Aug-15-2005, 5:34pm

Orville's mandolin.

**Pedal Steel Mike** · Aug-15-2005, 7:01pm

I don't know if it's relevant, but Discovery astronaut Steve Robinson is also a pedal steel player.

Needless to say, he is quite the hero within the steel guitar community.