Bill Monroe holds up his 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin on Feb. 25, 1986, for the first time since it was damaged by vandals in November 1985. Scores of Gibson employees gathered at the firm’s plant on ...

will pluck tangos, rags, marches, polkas and some light European classical from the 1880s-1920s era of the mandolin orchestra craze. “Mandolin orchestras, like brass bands, were extremely popular a ...