It has a very slight arch and almost flat inside with a sunburst color on the outside and no serial number. Hexagonal flange plate and hoop tone ring.
#Gibson tenor banjo serial numbers serial number#
3/4 inch maple rim with serial number stamp and Gibson label. This banjo was made during a relatively brief window of time in which. Gibson tenor banjo looks like a 1926 TB-1. It is accompanied by the original tenor neck and an original Gibson 5-string case ca. If the customer wants the original neck, which more and more folks do, that goes with the banjo. It has a reproduction 5-string neck built many years ago by Frank Neat. When I remove a tenor or RB neck from a late 50s through 63 banjo, I make note of the serial number and establish the approximate date of the banjo, which goes forward when that banjo leaves here. It retains its The Gibson oval interior label, and its inner rim is finished in black, as it should be. This 1925 Mastertone Deluxe began life as a tenor banjo. The TB-11 was one of Gibson’s highest level non-Mastertone tenor banjos.
#Gibson tenor banjo serial numbers skin#
date made 1927 Credit Line From the family of Frances Chenoeth Coan Physical Description walnut (overall material) rosewood (overall material) metal (overall material) ivoroid (overall material) animal skin (overall material) Measurements overall: 34 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in 87.63 cm x 34.925 cm x 8. ISI2052, no serial number, in very good condition with the original hard shell case. Its snappy tone, coupled with the rich tonal qualities and its ease of playing, make it an instrument which can be used for all purposes – dance, radio and concert.” Location Currently not on view Data Source National Museum of American History user Chenoweth, Frances Coan, Frances Chenoweth maker Gibson, Inc. The banjo has the original ball bearing tone.
It has a reproduction 5-string neck built many years ago by Frank Neat. This banjo was custom made for vaudevillian performer Frances Chenoweth Coan with jeweled accents on the peghead and inscribed with “Frances.”įrances Chenoweth toured with her sister Vivian Hayes and Vivian’s husband Ed Hayes as "Ed Hayes and His Banjo Girls" from 1927-1930.Īs indicated in a 1926 Gibson Banjo Catalog testimonial: “The new Gison Mastertone Tenor-banjo is assuredly a marvel instrument. This 1925 Mastertone Deluxe began life as a tenor banjo. It is a Four-String Tenor Banjo, Mastertone TB-5 Model, serial number 8693-2, with black walnut shell, black walnut neck, rosewood fingerboard with iridescent ivoroid and marquetry strippings, inlay of white pearl designs, similar ornamentation applied to peghead, 4:1 geared pegs with pearl buttons, gold-tone metal parts, and a laminated and arched flange resonator with marquetry and ivoroid inlays.