Summary
1908 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1909 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandola, Style H2
Serial 8976
Factory order number unknown
Description
Checkerboard Pearl Body Trim
Rope and Pearl Soundhole Trim
Elevated Pickguard
Orville's happy face on the label
Rich mellow sound and real easy playing
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Rope Binding
- Black finish
- Orville Gibson Label
- Chin rest type hardware for pickguard clamps
- Handel inlaid tuners
Source
From Lowell Levinger.
Lowell Levinger operates Vintage Instruments, stocking a wonderful inventory of top-end vintage mandolin family and other hard to find musical instruments
