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Location: Jet City | While playing my like-new 1537, I glanced down inside the lower bout's epaulet and to my surprise I found a label taped to the bowl.
The music store I bought this from is located in the next town over, Moline, IL. They told me they got it from an estate and it had been there for 3 months with no takers.
So I googled up Mrs Francis Poline's husband. And sure enough...
"Francis E. Poline, 81, of Milan died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island..."
I continued to read and found...
Mr. Poline was born July 7, 1926 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Frank and Ida Schafer Poline. He married Rose Plemons, Jan. 17, 1969 in Missouri. She died Jan. 27, 1996.
So the guitar was owned by his wife Rose.
It's now obvious to me why this thing is in such great shape.
1. It was owned by a woman
2. She was anal to the point of labeling it
3. It hasn't been played for a VERY long time.
google's so cool. I don't know how I ever lived in a pre-google world. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Damon! With your undeniably superior photographic skills, I can understand you wanting to get the photo right in-camera without digital manipulation.
But it's really OK to use photoshop to flip it 180ยบ :p
I wonder if your 'O' is haunted? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ya know, sticking an ID label in a hidden place is not a bad idea. |
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Location: Winter Haven, FL | That makes ownership so much more enjoyable. Every time I get a used guitar I always wonder about its history. That's just awesome that you were able to find that out. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, a nice thing to know the provenance of an instrument. |
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Location: big island | so ya got a poline from moline. sweet! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | She was born exactly 34 years before me. Nice find D-man.
No Cashews?
My first Breadwinner was a Polane from Spokane... |
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Location: Utah | OT drift:
The Swiss issue rifles to their citizen-soldiers which they take home. It's similar to our National Guard here, where they get together every month for a weekend, and few weeks of duty each year. The soldiers put a plastic tag under the butt plate on the stock, with their name and unit ID on it.
Old K-31 rifles are known as some of the most accurate bolt action military rifles ever. They and their ammo are really match-grade, not combat-grade. The bolt mechanism is typical Swiss perfection. Beautifully designed and meticulously manufactured.
The Swiss used the K-31 from before WWII. If you buy one of these fine rifles you get a piece of history, plus you can pull the owner's tag and find out who owned the rifle. My daughter's K-31 was manufactured during WWII and issued to a soldier who was then 21 yrs old. The soldier was assigned to an artillery HQ during WWII. Knowing that a young soldier mustered with this rifle to a cave in the Alps to deter Hitler is something that makes competing with it much more interesting and satisfying. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He was born in Ottumwa, my wife's hometown. |
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Location: Jet City | I wanna call the kids and ask them about it and what their mom played on it.
Kinda of creepy, but I feel compelled... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Time to revisit the art of letter writing... |
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Location: Jet City | Excellent suggestion. I must have paper somewhere... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | And leave out the little smilies...
if Number 2 pencils are so popular why aren't they #1s? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Cuz #1's are those big round ones you use in First Grade. :rolleyes: |
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Tracking down an O's history