Circa 1920 , 10 3/4 inches MAY BELL banjo rim and hardware in excellent condition. All the original hardware including the tension hooks have been newly re plated with nickel.
Those May Bell pot and resonator are among the best ones I have work with. They look like new even after almost a century. They can be transform from open back to resonator banjo in a few seconds. The Silver Bell Tone ring is powerful and deliver a loud and punchy sound with a good balance great for Bluegrass and many other type of music like Jazz, Rag time and folk. I made one of those a few years ago ( No.1181-4) and it was a great banjo so I did it again.
Silver Bell tone ring. There were 3 small cracks on the tone ring skirt but I fixed them by soldering a small plate at the back of each cracks. It is now solid and the sound was not affected by the repairs.
Resonator have been re finished with tru oil and wax.
Original re plated engraved flange.
New remo fiberskin 10 3/4 inches head
No KNot style nickel plated brass tailpiece.
Original re plated armrest
New 2 pieces walnut hand made neck with a 2 way adjustable truss rod. 20 frets. 24 1/2 inches scale. Ebony radius fingerboard with nickle and silver fret wire. Mother of pearl dots and hand cut inlays. Ebony head plate and heel cap.
Neck is 1 3/4 inch at the nut and 2 1/4 inches at the heel. action is 3 mm at the twelve fret.
3/4 inch Ebony and cherry radius bridge.
New 14/1 ratio tuning machine
Unbleached bone nut.
Banjo weight is 9 3/4 pounds.
Hard shell case are included during the month of October only.
Plated second Life banjo 1235-4
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