John Reischman’s Loar Mandolin. In our latest short documentary, we asked Reischman about his February 18, 1924-dated F-5 and the unlikely story about how he procured it (with some indirect help from Grisman). We also get to hear the mandolin played by Reischman himself. Filmed and directed by Matt Miles for the Fretboard Journal. Explore Terry O'Riley's board 'Mandolins' on Pinterest. See more ideas about Mandolin, Musical Instruments and Guitars.
February 18th 1924 Loar Mandolins Made
On Monday September 24th, we were visited by 3/5ths of The Punch Brothers - Chris Thile, along with Chris Eldridge (Martin 1939 D-28 Herringbone) and Noam Pickelny (Gibson 1941 RB-12 Top Tension Mastertone). Chris played our two Lloyd Loar 1924 F-5 mandolins and our 1925 Fern. Of our March 31, 1924 signed Loar, #75846, bearing Virzi Number (one of the lowest numbers seen although they seem to have been applied in no particular order) #10002, Chris said that it was one of the finest sounding 'Virzi-equipped' Lloyd Loar F-5s he had ever heard. He said 'this has an explosive low end that's awesome!' He added 'You just don't hear F-5s with a Virzi that sound anything like this.'
Loar Mandolin Case
He was also extremely impressed with our newest acquisition: the non-Virzi signed Loar dated February 18, 1924, bearing serial number #75318. Chris said: 'This is one hell of a mandolin; it's a 'hoss.' ' And he added 'This February 18th Loar produces a sound that's right in between David Grisman's July 9, 1923 (theRelated Links.