The life and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar

Announcing the most comprehensive work on the life and work of famed acoustical engineer, musician, and author Lloyd Allayre Loar. This 200-page text is accompanied by more than 300 color photographs including instruments and documents, some never before published. The story begins with Loar's birth in Cropsey, Illinois and explores his work as a young musician, his relationship with Sally Fisher Shipp (Lloyd's first wife), his time overseas supporting the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI, his work at Gibson including the introduction of the Master Model instruments, what made them so very special, and why and when Loar left Gibson. It describes his work with publishers, his professorship at Northwestern University, the development and demise of the ViVi-Tone product line, Lloyd's second wife Bertha, Loar's consulting projects with instrument manufacturers, his method books and musical scores, his involvement with the Virzi Tone Producer, Loar's personal instruments, his patents, and much more. 

Roger Siminoff's research on Lloyd Loar spans more than 50 years and includes his interactions with such notable resources as Gibson historian Julius Bellson, Gibson past president Ted McCarty, Lloyd's widow Bertha, and many more. This book is the first-ever detailed roadmap of Lloyd Loar's life and work from his birth in 1886 to his death in 1943.

Foreward by George Gruhn, Gruhn Guitars