1980 Ode model C (# 10-80-43) I bought this from Spruce Tree Music of Madison, Wisconsin in 2003. The mother of pearl is chipped slightly at frets 10 and 12 (see photos). There is a faint scratch on the peg head from a string end during winding. The rim is out of round (see photos) and there is not solid contact on the inside edge which has been slightly champhered or "tone belled." The armrest has been engraved with the serial number and the initials "M" and "R" in fancy script. It also bears the phrase "Banjo Music Thumps the Spirit." Original tuners are in the case. Capo spikes at 7&9. Banjo sounds fine and dandy.
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