Feb. 18, 1924

[Billy Packard]

Yesterday I had a lovely visit with my friend Frank Ford, the Extraordinaire Keeper of Massive Amounts of Knowledge Relating to Acoustical Guitars and Mandolins.

He has a most lovely Gibson F5 signed by L. Loar on the above date. This is an iconic mandolin in wonderful condition that has been acquired by Gryphon. It has the Virzi. The sound is very balanced though not all that loud. I'm sure it will open up a lot with playing. The tone is typical F5. There is a bit of the unusual regarding serial number and such that Frank can explain.

This instrument is available soon and the price mentioned is exceptionally good. Anyone in the market should contact Frank ASAP at Gryphon Stringed Instruments. (I'd buy it if I could.)

Billy

billypackardmandolin.com

[FLATROCK HILL]

Interesting. I hope when it does go up for sale that he posts a ton of pictures... even though I can't afford it either.
And maybe this skirts the 'Advertise in the Classifieds Only' rule. It's like hearsay advertising.?.