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woodwizard
Apr-29-2016, 2:06pm
Since just the name Lloyd Loar is pretty special to us all here I thought that it might be interesting to post and see others post pics of our famous Lloyd Loar. Feel free to post some and or enlighten us if you like :) I know most of these have been viewed already but here's a few to start that I like.
Timbofood
Apr-29-2016, 3:30pm
I know there are more, I don't have them but, I KNOW it!
It's pretty cool to have the ones you have all in one spot, thanks.
whitelines
Apr-29-2016, 3:44pm
that last picture looks nice but I'm trying to find a bigger version and can't ;/
MikeEdgerton
Apr-29-2016, 9:41pm
There are actually a whole lot of small pictures of Lloyd Loar online.
MikeEdgerton
Apr-29-2016, 9:44pm
I was having trouble finding this one.
travellerbytrade
Apr-29-2016, 11:52pm
Here's a picture of Lloyd Loar's bowling scores from the autumn of 1921....;)
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Mandolin Cafe
Apr-30-2016, 7:58am
We've shared this link many times over the years but if you want to see some amazing historical content, plenty of it with Lloyd Loar and the Fisher Shipp Concert Company photographs a bunch of them are housed in the Univ. of Iowa Traveling Culture database (http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/search/collection/tc/searchterm/lloyd%20loar/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/), a wealth of all kinds of information. Always fun to share this link. Possible they've added more content since last posting in 2013.
MikeEdgerton
Apr-30-2016, 10:02am
The largest copy of Loar at his bench at Gibson I can find is in this (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?41826-Loar-era-gibson-f-4) thread. If anyone knows of a larger copy please post a link or the image.
MikeEdgerton
Apr-30-2016, 11:33am
Scott posted this one to the homepage.
journeybear
Apr-30-2016, 4:22pm
At a glance I thought someone had found some Lloyd Loar picks, extremely high quality and possibly very pricey, the ne plus ultra of refinement in the field of pick technology. Imagine my disappointment. :(
These are quite enjoyable in their own right, of course.
Anyway, here's a larger version of the one Mike mentioned, and another.
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Hendrik Ahrend
Apr-30-2016, 4:54pm
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Now who's that? Certainly not LL. But the mando sure is an original F5. It's most interesting, since there is no pick guard, and the mando seems really worn. Given that the picture is quite old, this F5 may well be one of those mysterious "sent-back-to-the-factory-for-refinish" cases.
shelley.heard
Apr-30-2016, 5:24pm
The poster I have of the Gibsonian Orchestra uses the photo you posted as an insert.
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journeybear
Apr-30-2016, 5:30pm
Now who's that? Certainly not LL.
I dunno. It's from this blog (http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2016/02/lloyd-loar-master-luthier-creator-of.html), which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
journeybear
May-01-2016, 5:21am
Here are two more, from Roger Siminoff's website. (http://siminoff.net/loar-background/) He's the older lad in the family photo, age 10 or 11.
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I really like this blow-up detail of his workbench. See the page for an analysis (http://siminoff.net/loar-workbench/). Nicely done!
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Hendrik Ahrend
May-01-2016, 5:39am
I dunno. It's from this blog (http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2016/02/lloyd-loar-master-luthier-creator-of.html), which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
Not only the hair is different, I'd say all is different, especially the ears. And looking at the F5, the missing finger rest is not at all loarish.
The blog, your source, mentions Loar as a master luthier, which he apparently was not. Though he sure was a talented musician and tinkerer, and a scientist to some degree.
bingoccc
May-01-2016, 5:48am
Lost in the crowd. Number 7 (Lower panorama, first row, fourth from left, if you blow up the thumbnail).
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Ken Waltham
May-01-2016, 4:41pm
I dunno. It's from this blog (http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2016/02/lloyd-loar-master-luthier-creator-of.html), which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
Nope, that's not LL. Some random F5 owner from the period..
FLATROCK HILL
May-01-2016, 5:21pm
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Now who's that?
Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.);)
travellerbytrade
May-01-2016, 7:13pm
Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.);)
That's Eddie Arnold?! Dang, I guess it does look like him, though.
journeybear
May-02-2016, 8:00am
Not only the hair is different, I'd say all is different
Some random F5 owner from the period.
That's fine. I know just a little about this, but I'm curious to learn more. My skills in this quest are in searching; I present what I find for others who know more to determine what's what. I'm willing to play the fool, if it helps find the wisdom of truth. ;)
Ken Waltham
May-02-2016, 9:00am
Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.);)
Really....?? I think that's a joke, right? :) Maybe it's his Dad...
FLATROCK HILL
May-02-2016, 9:51am
Really....?? I think that's a joke, right? :) Maybe it's his Dad...
Yes...Just a silly joke. I kinda thought he resembled Eddy Arnold.
I hated to think of the poor guy as just "some random F5 owner". From now on, he'll be known to me as Eddy Loar, the Kalamazoo Plowboy.
woodwizard
May-02-2016, 11:25am
found a couple more :) with his wife Bertha146000146001
Timbofood
May-02-2016, 11:43am
Mike, nice to see some shots with Bertha!
I like "Eddy Loar, the Kalamazoo Plowboy!" Almost passed a soda through my nose!
Timbofood
May-02-2016, 11:46am
That's fine. I know just a little about this, but I'm curious to learn more. My skills in this quest are in searching; I present what I find for others who know more to determine what's what. I'm willing to play the fool, if it helps find the wisdom of truth. ;)
JB! You know plenty, don't sell yourself short! You are an instigator of thought and conversation here but, I have no problem with that at all!
A picture of a different sort.
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Timbofood
May-02-2016, 7:58pm
A picture form life's other side...
f5loar
May-02-2016, 10:19pm
Nice to see all these photos of Loar. I doubt there are too many more. Anyone up to starting a photo thread on the Master of the Mandolin, Dave Apollon?
Timbofood
May-03-2016, 7:17am
Get to it Tom!:grin:
f5loar
May-04-2016, 9:13pm
I will add to what get's started.
Timbofood
May-05-2016, 12:27pm
But, I don't have any Dave Appolon pictures to start it with! Sorry.
I know some are out there, I've seen them.
I find these photo threads really fun to be honest.
woodwizard
May-18-2016, 6:29pm
I found an early and a late one
Timbofood
May-18-2016, 6:33pm
And the ball is rolling!!
I love his stance in both pictures, such pride, cool to see.
Mandolin Cafe
Jan-09-2017, 7:32am
Happy birthday to Lloyd Loar, born this date 1886 in Cropsey, Illinois.
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woodwizard
Apr-05-2017, 7:25pm
That is an awesome photo ... Thanks!