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Loar Struck The Right Chords; Tune In: He produced sound designs for the mandolin and electric guitar.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: MIKE ANGELL
The worlds of music and technology seem to have little in common. Musicians aim for the emotions while engineers look for answers that appeal to intellect.
Lloyd Loar was one of the few to bridge both worlds.
A prolific musician and a famous employee for the Gibson guitar company, Loar (1886-1943) brought the best technical knowledge available to instrument making, pioneering designs still used today.
Ahead of his time in many ways, his success came from dedicating himself to making his tools as a musician better and better. Loar's interest was in pushing musical instrument design to its fullest.
"He was one of those rare right brain-left brain kinds of people," said Jerry Goolsby, guitar maker and business professor at Loyola University New Orleans. "There are only a few people that can bring both sides together."
Loar's interest in music and engineering demonstrated themselves while still in high school. His main academic pursuits were physics and geometry. He also performed in local music programs.
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