Re: Gibson head luthiers
Originally Posted by
jochemgr
Interesting about Orville! Did he sign labels at all or did they just mention his name? I based it on the top tab on Mandolinarchive.com which says "Orville label 1900-1910".
Just found these two:
1981 Jerry Rowland - See Elderly current stock F-5L
1986 Jim Triggs - See Carter Vintage current stock F-5
That brings my rough list list to:
Orville Gibson (1900 - 1910)
Lloyd Loar (1923 - 1924)
Julius Bellson (1925 - ?)
Stanley E. Rendell (1970 - 1973?)
Arron Cowels (late 70s?)
Herman Meintz (1980)
Jerry Rowland (1981)
Roger Siminoff (?)
Jim Triggs (1986 - ?)
Steve Carlson (1986-1993) Bozeman
Dennis Balin (?) Bozeman
Phil Brug (199?) Bozeman
Larry Barnwell (1994 - 1995?) Bozeman
Bruce Weber (1994? - 1997) Bozeman
Charlie Derrington (2000 - 2004) Nashville
Danny Roberts (2004 - 2005) (signing since 2001) Nashville
Simeon Daley (?) Nashville
Casey Sullivan (2005 - 2007)
David Harvey (2008-)
Alan Jones (?)
Helen Beausoleil (?)
Paul Schneider (?)
Orville's title was 'superintendent,' the next super was George D. Laurian in 1907. Orville was back living in New York State by September of 1909. In my humble researcher's opinion, Orville would have never ever signed anything he didn't make himself...never...ever. He was like that.
I feel that when Lloyd Loar was hired, signing became a thing because he was the first person since Orville to have a public reputation that the company could take to the bank.
Documentation for the previous comments can be found in my (hopefully soon to be published) biography of Orville H. Gibson.
Last edited by travellerbytrade; Jul-15-2015 at 9:49pm.
Reason: read my notes wrong - corrected
Joyce
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Not really, it's a 1976 Alvarez, model 5059
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