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$220 plus S&H
Probable Concertone.
No tone ring, skin head rests on wood.
Nylgut Minstrel strings.
Had frets in a ruined fingerboard. I took out the frets and put in a walnut fingerboard.
This banjo started life as a 5-string and was converted to a tenor, probably in the 20's or 30's. I turned it back into a 5-string, fretless variety.
Uses one of my reproduction, bone tailpieces.
DIMENSIONS:
Head dia. = 11"
Scale length: now set up as 23 3/4"
String span @ nut = 1 1/16"
String span @ heel = 1 1/2".
Bridge = 5/8"
12 shoes & hooks.
action @ heel = 1/4".
FLAWS:
No significant flaws, normal scuffing due to age.
ON THE PLUS SIDE:
A solidly-built, good-sounding, simple vintage banjo.
NOTES:
Uses violin pegs....not really a flaw, but takes some getting used-to if you've never used them. These are bit less precise than geared tuners, and take more attention than geared tuners. The banjo stays in tune.For someone who isn't accustomed to dealing with a hide head, it may take some getting used-to. Again, not a flaw, but a quirk of a vintage banjo.
TUNE:
The Girl I Left Behind, banjo 069
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