Orville wright's mandolin

[JeffD]

Wilber probably said to Orville - look, will you quit playing that darn mandolin.

Orville replied - yea, as soon as you fly over the barn.

And history was made.

[Mike Herlihy]

Actually I am. $788.00, basically the cost of a decent entry level pacrim instrument. I wonder what the Martin's cost with the same trim level.

I'm sure Jim Garber has a catalog someplace.

1918 Style 6 was $75, around $1050 today

[floyd floar]

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I wonder if anyone has compiled a list of historically significant and fameous people who also played mandolin (i.e. they aren't fameous FOR playing the mandolin.)



I understand Patrick Henry played the mandolin.

So was Pat talking about the fiddle tune "Liberty" when he said-

"Give me 'Liberty' or give me death"?

[floyd floar]

Hey- the Wright boys were from Dayton, Ohio and there's a Dayton Mandolin Orchestra- maybe Orv was a founding member, just so the thing would fly!

[MikeEdgerton]

Just in case the above post triggers a though regarding famous people that played the mandolin, here is a previous thread on the subject.

[John Flynn]

Not for nothin, but: We ARE talking about THE "Orville Wright" of airplane fame, correct?

-Soupy1957

Can you think of another reason a mandolin would be in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum? Yes, it's that Orville Wright.

[man dough nollij]

Can you think of another reason a mandolin would be in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum? Yes, it's that Orville Wright.

Well, there was the other Orville Wright, who invented the flux capacitor in 1957...

[mrmando]

[QUOTE=floyd floar;680262]

So was Pat talking about the fiddle tune "Liberty" when he said-

"Give me 'Liberty' or give me death"?

Yes! Lucky for him, no one at the jam session knew any tune called "Death."

[man dough nollij]

[QUOTE=mrmando;680595]

Yes! Lucky for him, no one at the jam session knew any tune called "Death."

Actually, I think his exact quote was "Give me Oh Liberty, or give me Oh Death!"

[MikeEdgerton]

I was at Air and Space in DC this week and grabbed a copy of the label on Orville's mandolin.

[JeffD]

I was at Air and Space in DC this week and grabbed a copy of the label on Orville's mandolin.

I love it. When I was a kid I read a lot of biographies. I couldn't get enough of 'em. Mostly biographies of famous baseball players, Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, I must have read three biographies (kids stuff you understand) of the Wright Brothers.

[Charlieshafer]

Well this is all just fine, but everyone knows Gustav Whitehead flew the first aereoplane in Fairfield, Connecticut, over what is now a Shopright. Read all about it here: Whitehead

[fatt-dad]

If my name was Orville and I wanted to play the mandolin, I would have supported the other Orville.

f-d

[MikeEdgerton]

Well this is all just fine, but everyone knows Gustav Whitehead flew the first aereoplane in Fairfield, Connecticut, over what is now a Shopright. Read all about it here: Whitehead

Some city in New Jersey is now claiming to be first as well.

[Charlieshafer]

Some city in New Jersey is now claiming to be first as well.

When were at the Smithsonian last year we asked one of the curators about all the claims, and her take was that it'll be tough to tell who was first, it probably wasn't the Wright bros., but who really wants to change all those license plates...

[MikeEdgerton]

There were certainly people that flew first but Orville and Wilbur managed to get their names in the history books. It may be that they were simply better at PR or that they actually had a workable product. I expect it was the latter.

[belbein]

Nice spousal support! ... She probably tried to discourage that "aeroplane thing" he was working on also!

Are you kidding? She sent the boys off to play with that airplane thingie so she could have some peace and quiet in the house. She's just lucky he didn't play . . .

No, I can't do it. I'm back to playing banjo. But only a little. I can quit any time I want.