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Gibson F5 Mandolin #81290

Summary

manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1927 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 81290
Factory Order number: 11985

Description

Flowerpot, gold hardware, Master Model

Originally known as "Aubery Haynie's unsigned '25", well known for it's cannon-like tone. Initials (“AEH”) inside the bass side f-hole

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  • Played by a well-known musician

Source

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

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