1890s Fairbanks "Curtis Electric" - Rare Banjo
Added 2019-11-13 16:38:15 +0000 UTC"1890... a design that became known as the Curtis Electric, named after Fairbanks' son (himself a prominent banjoist). Much more elegant and easier to construct than the banjo Fairbanks had patented five years earlier, the Electric soon was the talk of the banjo world, its tone as brilliant and resonant as its inventor claimed... the Electric possesses 'great VOLUME and sweetest QUALITY of TONE, especially in the higher register.'" - James Bollman & Philip Gura, America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century (1999)
"The similarity of the Cole's Eclipse to the Curtis Electric tone ring is apparent when closely examined." - Hank Scwartz http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/Variations.html
Comments
Standard 11" as far as I know. I'd better measure it. Definitely not a 12"
Clifton Hicks
2019-11-14 21:18:06 +0000 UTCI hear you John Herd! Same situation here in Aus. Is that a 12" pot Cliffton?
matilda ramsay
2019-11-14 00:50:18 +0000 UTCThanks Clifton, I did wonder! Looking forward to trying them out!
Steve Angell
2019-11-14 00:41:06 +0000 UTC
