Gibson F5 Mandolin #73993 Signed by Lloyd Loar July 9, 1923

Summary

Signed by Lloyd Loar July 9, 1923 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1923 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 73993
Factory order number unknown
there is no Virzi in this instrument

Description

Triple bound on sides, quartered back, splice in back, new fingerboard and peghead binding. Finish restored by Gilchrist.

Photos by Ken Waltham

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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