The instrument was primarily used in an ensemble setting well into the 1930s, and although the fad died out at the beginning of the 1930s, the instruments that were developed for the orchestra found a new home in bluegrass. The famous Lloyd Loar Master Model from Gibson (1923) was designed to boost the flagging interest in mandolin ensembles, with little success. However, The "Loar" became the defining instrument of bluegrass music when Bill Monroe purchased F-5 S/N 73987 in a Florida barbershop in 1943 and popularized it as his main instrument. COUNT 5
QSN1 The setting the mandolin was used in until the 1930's was?  ANS1 ensemble setting QSN2 Where did the mandolins find a new home?  ANS2 bluegrass QSN3 What mandolin was designed to boost interest in the mandolin? ANS3 Lloyd Loar Master Model from Gibson QSN4 What mandolin became the face of bluegrass music? ANS4 Loar QSN5 What instrument did artist Bill Monroe use?  ANS5 F-5 S/N 73987