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It took a good long while and more wheeling and dealing (and spousal apologizing) than I've ever done, but I've managed to put together a full Lyon & Healy Quartet.

All are player grade - the...

I've tried two sets, and they both work well:

9-13-23-36 80/20 bronze.
10-14-24-38 nickel.

I make up my own sets from D'Addario singles.
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yes, that is definitely the mandolin Adam got from Larry at We Buy and I later acquired from Adam. What a tone on that thing... great playing! I'm not sure, but I don't think any images of this ever...

as a matter of fact yes! that's the one...

It was Steve Smith's in the mid 1980's when he lived in Charlottesville. Then a couple of years ago a fine sounding Fern w/Virzi that belongs to a gracious dealer of vintage stringed instruments in...

Which would make it #75687. Interesting that the owner offered the Loar for sale a while ago, but decided to hang on to his post-Loar Fern.
Sound clips here:...

Yes, this is the same mandolin. I was lucky to hit W48th Street at a great time.

... in Amsterdam?

Hi Brian... what a tale! But here's the next part in that saga... a dear old friend named Adam Kreiswirth wound up acquiring what I believe is that very mandolin by trading a number of instruments...

The thread about the "Attic Find" Loar got me thinking about the first Loar F-5 I ever played. I recall that the first Loar I ever saw was at “We Buy” Guitars on West 48thStreet in NYC. My guess is...