Loar Picture of the Day

**Loudloar** · Jun-27-2008, 7:05pm

6 Loars, 1 Fern. Cliff Sergent took this photo in the late 80's. I was busy holding a mandolin.

Steve

**Glassweb** · Jun-27-2008, 7:56pm

a thing of... errr, beauty! yeah... that's the ticket! the mandolins that is...

**mandopluker** · Jun-27-2008, 8:16pm

oh yea baby, that's surly the ticket!

**Glassweb** · Jun-28-2008, 12:59am

now THERE'S a Motley Crew...

**danb** · Jun-28-2008, 3:28am

Originally Posted by (Glassweb @ June 28 2008, 00:20)

Lo and behold! Yet another July 9th sidebound has just appeared on Gruhn's list!

Yes- different from the one that recently contacted me.

**Bryan Monarch** · Jun-28-2008, 3:53am

Wow, that old LPOTD page is entrancing. Probably a really bad thing that I looked at that page cause now I have serious scroll envy...

**Glassweb** · Jun-28-2008, 7:05am

Originally Posted by (danb @ June 28 2008, 04:28)

Yes- different from the one that recently contacted me.

just goes to show... they're still out there folks!

**danb** · Jun-28-2008, 9:41am

I think the one at Gruhn is already documented..

**danb** · Jun-30-2008, 7:40am

Here's a fun chart, this is a list of Loar-signed instruments by signature date. This is generated from the archive database.. a good way to make sure that my and Darryl's lists are kept in sync!

**mandopluker** · Jun-30-2008, 7:42am

Dan,

That's VERY kewl! I also have wondered about a similar chart showing the progression of cost from beginning to current. Have I missed one somewhere?

**danb** · Jun-30-2008, 7:46am

Well I've never created a ticker or cost trend chart. I expect those must exist internally at some of the dealers though.

**grassrootphilosopher** · Jun-30-2008, 8:00am

Has anyone ever tried to look behind the reason why the dating of the labels were so unevenly spread. Did Lloyd Loar sign the labels as he saw it fit, did he sign the labels everytime a mandolin was completed, did he sign them on apointed dates? What´s the story. It seems to me that the production proces seems somewhat haphazzard. I am informed that it was in later years and that Gibson always experimented a good deal. Does anyone have any insight?

**Glassweb** · Jun-30-2008, 8:05am

Thanks Dan-O... very interesting to see it like this...

**uncle ken** · Jun-30-2008, 12:09pm

Here's my version of that picture. In this one you can appreciate the tall trees. It was at the Grass Valley festival around 1990 or so. I'm on the far right.

**f5loar** · Jun-30-2008, 6:58pm

You remember the "Million Dolllar Band" from the HeeHaw show? This looks like the "Million Dollar Mandolin band".
Is that Butch Waller's July 9th Loar? Sure looks minty in that photo as compared to how it looks today.