Summary
Signed and dated by Lloyd Loar June1922
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial Number 70279
Factory order number unknown
there is no Virzi in this instrument
Description
F5 mandolin presumed to have existed at some point.
This serial number is inscribed on the back of a single-bound pickguard (matching 70281's ) that is installed on a July 9 sidebound mandolin. From this we infer that 70279 was likely an F5 mandolin
Source
From Dan Beimborn.
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