A look back at an era of American Musical History when Mandolin Orchestras were "All The Rage," through the lens of my Great Grandfather's Mandolin Orchestra; "The Adams Plectrum Society", "The Gibsonians", or "The Gibson-ites." Joseph Ivers my Great Grandfather was a Mandolin Teacher and Gibson Mandolin Company Agent.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Summer Strummers
Here's a picture of my father, Robert Ivers, playing the same F-4 my great grandmother is holding in the 1921 Gibson Catalog photo. The group is the Summer Strummers, who perform each summer at the Chautauqua Institute, in Chautauqua N.Y.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Cover Art From Gibson Catalog M 1921
Cover of the Gibson Mandolin Company Catalog M, 1921 in which the Ivers Mandolin Orchestra photo appears on page 21.