Arrow mandolins - still in business?

[scgc.om]

My 1st Arrow encounter was a few yrs ago in a Radim mando class.

On the wknd (at WinterGrass) I saw a young guy (teens) playing an Arrow Octave mandolin - he was really making it sing. I didn't want to get in the way of his jamming so only asked a few questions. Apparently he has one on order and that this one was a loaner.

Oh ya - he also told me was that at a recent Music Camp (can't remember which one he said), Tim O'Brien was so keen to play the Arrow OM that loaned out his Giomel (sp is wrong - you know what I mean!) and played this Arrow a LOT.

I've tried to find Arrow Company but found nothing.

Anyone know a link?

[MikeEdgerton]

See the answer in the other section you posted the message in.

[Patrick Gunning]

Copy and pasted from the CBOM thread in case anybody else was curious...

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Hey, that was me and thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the octave. Paul had taken a break from building for a while to build a new house and workshop, but he's back in business now. No website or e-mail for him these days, but if you'd like I can PM you his phone #.

As for the Tim O'brien connection, that was at the 2006 Mandolin Symposium that he was an instructor at. He was teaching octave mando parts for the ensenble piece (the Kid on the Mountain arrangement from "The Crossing") that we were prepping and used the Arrow octave after loaning out the Giacomel to a student. I was playing Mike Marshall's Monteleone mandocello in the ensemble, so I wasn't complaining about the loss. Hopefully I can get back to the symposium this year, it was a life-changing experience.

If you (or anybody else for that matter) has any questions about the Arrow octaves and mandos, feel free to PM me or just post here.

-Patrick