Late 1920's B&D Montana Silver Bell #1 Tenor Banjo.

A model with the  full-scale elevated fingerboard, this neck has 19 frets to the body with another 5 frets over the head.

The heel-carving is professional-grade, but may be after-market. Same is true with the gold-plating.

The Knee-mute apparatus is included, but not presently attached to the dowel-stick... It looks to be in stellar condition.

Sad to say, the knee-lever  "Spoon" is missing... possibly ran away with the dish.

Neck is straight, low action, recent re-fret. Gold-plated old Planets with Mother-of-Pearl knobs.

Nice, original hard shell case.

A  nice straight B&D Silver Bell plectrum, Neck and rim have been professionally refinished, but somehow they forgot the resonator back.

Professional re-fret. I believe the parts have been re-plated. No knee-mute, never had one.

Modern planetary geared pegs. Tailpiece and armrest are original.

Modern hard case.

From an estate... offered AS-IS

Bacon Banjo Co. about 1925.

Hard-to-find Bacon Professional # 3,  17 fret short-scale tenor banjo, calf-skin head.

11" Hollow-Rim, special tone-ring. Many of these Professionals were made by Wm. Lange for Fred Bacon,

and some of those banjos haven't fared that well in the intervening 100 years, given the sometimes poorer quality of Lange's instruments.

This example, however, was made in Groton, Conn. by the Bacon & Day banjo department and demonstrates

all the great qualities of the Bacon & Day Silver Bell line. In nearly unplayed condition with a straight neck and good action,

this banjo has been strung for Celtic Tuning, but can be easily restrung for standard tenor banjo tuning.

Original Hard case in salvageable condition.

A Top-of-the-Line hard case for some short-scale tenor banjos and possibly 5-string banjeaurines with similar specs.

[The Vega Style R tenor banjo is not available with this case, it is shown only as an example of possible successful fitting.

This banjo is listed in our "Other Used Banjos" department].

Interior dimensions are 30" X 11 1/2".

A good fit for a tenor banjo [or other] with a rim size of 10 1/2"-11", and with a 19"-20" scale length.

UPS Shipping @$40.-$50.

Originally designed for some sort of Mandolin-family instrument made by Andrew Mowry, Luthier.

Late '20's Epiphone Recording A Plectrum Banjo.

Nicely refinished some years ago; all-original metal parts lovingly chrome-plated about the same time.

One ding in resonator finish.

Original Grover 2-Band geared pegs. Neck straight, fret wear.

Nearly mint Vega-style  banjo case from the 1960's.

From a Private Collection: Offered AS-IS. 

Goofy German Design.

Nice guitar-banjo at a good price.

Cast Arch-Top Tone-Ring rivals the Gibson Mastertone.

An early Gibson Banjo-Mandolin with 10 1/2" hollow rim and spun-brass tone-ring.

Exceptional Original Condition.

Straight neck, Good Action.

Nice original hard case.

First Year Gibson Mastertone.

Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone.

Shot-Gun holes in tone-ring skirt.

3-ply maple rim, flat-head Mastertone tone ring