Are all Loar's privately owned?

[Pen]

After reading the link to the story on the lost (and now found) Strad violin, I began to wonder if any Lloyd Loar mando's might be owned by a university? How nice it would be to have one of those historical pieces passed around to be played by up and coming musicians.

[Ken Waltham]

I don't know of any that are not privately owned, but, I must state, I really don't know the answer. One time Lynn Dudenbostel took me to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and there was a quartet of style 5 instruments there.
I do not know if they belonged to the museum or not. They may have been "loaned".
Monroe's is no longer privately owned, but not out for loan as of yet, either.
Ken

[8ch(pl)]

Mine is, but I'm not sure who who has it just now.

[ShaneJ]

[f5loar]

The CHMF has more than just that set. They got a vault full of Loars and Ferns but no way they would loan them out. Some of the mandolin orchestras have Gibson loaners but I don't know of a Loar other than an H5 and K5. They pretty much belong to a private owner that loans them out to who is doing mandola or mandocello in their orchestra.

[kudzugypsy]

the loars that the CMHF possess, are these historical instruments to country music? what i mean is, who else besides Mon and Bobby Osborne would have a instrument there - or are they just part of Roy Acuffs museum of instruments.

[Professor PT]

The CHMF has more than just that set. They got a vault full of Loars and Ferns but no way they would loan them out. Some of the mandolin orchestras have Gibson loaners but I don't know of a Loar other than an H5 and K5. They pretty much belong to a private owner that loans them out to who is doing mandola or mandocello in their orchestra.

A vault full of Loars? It's a shame that no one gets to play them. Why that's almost as bad as taking one to the grave with you!

[f5loar]

Many were donated by a collector in Georgia by his estate.
Not really that many famous Loars in Country Music other than Big Mon and Osborne.

[GeoMandoAlex]

......A vault full of Loars? It's a shame that no one gets to play them. Why that's almost as bad as taking one to the grave with you!

Well I guess I should make the necessary arrangements to give mine away (when Bill decides to give it back to me).

[Nolan]

A vault full of Loars? Hmm... sounds like a good start to a mission impossible movie.

Anyone know if they have any openings on the graveyard shift?

[mlbex]

I was in the Smithsonian years ago. I looked high and low for old mandolins, but I couldn't find a soul that knew anything about them. They SHOULD have a loar or two in the Smithsonian.

[markishandsome]

As a student at Oberlin College, Lloyd's alma mater, I always thought it'd be nice if someone donated an F5 or two for student use