Gibson F5 Mandolin #73478 Signed by Lloyd Loar May 29, 1923

Summary

Signed by Lloyd Loar May 29, 1923 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1923 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 73478
Factory order number unknown
there is no Virzi in this instrument

Description

Quartered back, tailpiece missing, shaped case

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Source

From Darryl Wolfe.
Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins