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The complete guide to the Gibson mandolins, mandolas, mando-cellos and mando-basses
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A guide to the array of instruments the company produced in the mandolin family, including historical documentation, images, illustrations, detailed descriptions, photos and rare examples of existi...
A guide to the array of instruments the company produced in the mandolin family, including historical documentation, images, illustrations, detailed descriptions, photos and rare examples of existing instruments from sources around the world.
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- Creator
- by Paul Fox ; foreword by Walter Carter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Anaheim Hills, CA : Centerstream, [2016]
- Physical Details
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- 175 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 157424339X, 9781574243390
- OCLC
- ocn961154785
- "Glossary": pages 174-175 ; "Gibson customs and prototypes; Gallery of Gibson instruments": 64 unnumbered pages at end.
- Includes index.
- A brief history of the mandolin -- Orville H. Gibson : from the beginning -- Orville H. Gibson : musical instrument manufacturer -- Orville H. Gibson : the final curtain -- Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. : the early years : 1902-1909 -- Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. : the early years : part 2 -- Sales and advertising : 1903-1909 -- Gibson instruments : 1903-1909 -- Gibson parts & accessories : 1903-1909 -- Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1910-1919 -- Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1910-1919 : part 2 -- Gibson instruments : 1910-1919 -- Gibson parts & accessories : 1910-1919 -- Gibson publishing : 1910-1919 -- The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1920-1923 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1920-1929 -- Gibson instruments : 1924-1929 -- Gibson parts & accessories : 1920-1929 -- Gibson publishing : 1920-1929 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1930-1939 -- Gibson instruments : 1930-1939 -- Gibson parts & accessories : 1930-1939 -- Gibson publishing : 1930-1939 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1940-1949 -- Gibson instruments : 1940-1949 -- Gibson publishing and advertising : 1940-1949 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1950-1959 -- Gibson instruments : 1950-1959 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1960-1969 -- Gibson instruments : 1960-1969 -- Gibson, Inc. : 1970-1986 : the Norlin era -- Gibson instruments : 1970-1986 -- Gibson Guitar Corporation : 1986-present -- Gibson instruments : 1986-present -- Gibson instrument shipping totals : 1935-1979
Subjects
- Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company -- History.
- Gibson, Inc -- History.
- Plucked instrument makers -- United States.
- Mandolin -- United States -- History.
- Mandolin -- Prices -- United States -- Catalogs.
- Mandolin -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Catalogs.
- Plucked instruments -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Catalogs.
- Mandolin -- Pictorial works.