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Village of Baoma, Sierra Leone
No serial numbers, makers mark on back of peghead.
Scale length = 25 1/2 in.
Head dia. = 13 in., 20 hooks
Backstrap to 5th fret.
Hutchins was a Boston-area banjo-maker in the late 1880-1890's. The front & back peghead veneers are cracked similar to some Gatcomb and Bay State banjos that I've seen.
Came with a few scraps of thin wood in place of the head and missing most of the hardware. I put in a 1/4" square brass tone ring and made a 1/4" x 1/2" tension hoop.
Right now I'm using strings #1-5 from a set of D'Addario Pro*Arte classical guitar strings (EJ48, hard tension) and I keep it tuned an octave below standard tunings.
