After a while he either called himself or was assigned the title of “Acoustic Engineer” and that legend appears under his name on the second crème oval label that is positioned under the treble f-hole, affixed to the back. He was a teacher, composer and theoretician about sound and how it travels. Loar was hired around 1918 by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. We have not counted all of the listings in The F-5 Journal, but the number of known Loars changes from time to time. There is nothing more exciting that discovering an “out of the woodwork” – never on the market before – Gibson Lloyd Loar signed 1924 F-5 mandolin! It was originally felt that around 250 mandolins were shipped with Loar’s signature and that around 175 of them have been discovered so far. #75318, in Cremona Sunburst varnish finish, in excellent original condition with a form fitting newer hard shell case.
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