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This Day In Mandolin History

Lloyd Loar

We've located over 880 mandolin related events, at least one for each day of the year, and these are contained in a database that's searchable by date by using the pull-down menu provided below.

Sounded pretty simple when we dreamed up the idea. In reality, it took a ton of time, but in the process we found some fascinating information. It will be a project always being updated.

A lot of people made this project possible. A list of those individuals and resources used to create this is provided at the bottom of this page.

Select a date using the pull-down below to search events of a day other than today:

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Today on this day in mandolin history, May 16 ...

1901 -
Birch Monroe, brother of Bill Monroe is born.
1953 -
Gypsy Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt passed away in Fontainebleau, France.

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Special thanks to the help provided by these individuals and various web resources used in the creation of this:

Gryphon Stringed InstrumentsBreedlove MandolinsJanet Davis MusicMandolin World HeadquatersGreg Boyd'sAcoustic Vibes MusicD'Addario StringsThe Mandolin StoreJustStrings.comCollings MandolinsFirst Quality MusicEastman MandolinsElderly Instruments
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