Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 1989
Notes:
An early Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie Banjo.
Figured Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard.
Nicely engraved Vega Whyte Laydie pearl inlays.
Peghead facing has unaccountably lost some finish.
There is modest playing wear in the first position.
Calf-Skin Head.
Stew-Mac 5-Star Planetary Geared Pegs.
Probably the original hard case...strong and sturdy
with some ragged edges.
Maker: Cole
Year: 1895
Notes:
Striking Reproduction 5-String neck from Padouk Wood with Ebony fingerboard by Steve Sutherland.
10" Original Cole Rim from a Banjo-Mandolin.
9 7/8" rim with 24 3/4" Scale Length.
Boat Heel.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1890
Notes:
A Largely Original Cole's Eclipse Banjo... The peghead Man-in-the-Moon pearl inlays have been replaced
and the neck refinished.
10 5/8" Rim with 27" Scale Length.
A Really Fine Players' Instrument.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1897
Notes:
Rare Cole's Eclipse with spectacular engraved mother-of-pearl inlays [possibly by Consalvi] and carved heel.
The 3rd fret inlay appears to be a replacement. A couple of old repaired heel-cracks.
10 15/16" rim with 26" Scale Length.
Calf-Skin Head. The pot is all-original with the H&N sets apparently re-plated at some time.
A period and possibly original Elite tailpiece.
Original Grover friction pegs with ivoroid buttons.
Straight neck and good action.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1902
Notes:
An Original Fairbanks 5-String Banjo
with a replaced ebony fingerboard and peg-head facing,
with added appropriate pearl inlays.
10" Rim.
26" Scale Length
