1880s Fairbanks & Cole (short 24" scale and 10" pot)
Added 2019-02-01 16:01:14 +0000 UTCThis little 24" scale banjo was made during the 1880s in Boston, Massachusetts by Fairbanks & Cole. Walnut neck, ebony fingerboard, 10" maple hoop spun-over with sheet metal. The heel cap and peg head overlay appear to be a faux ebony made from walnut stained black.
From Hank Schwartz's website: http://hschwartz.com
"In 1880 Fairbanks joined with W.A. Cole, a well known Boston banjo performer and music teacher, to form the Fairbanks & Cole company. While Cole was largely involved in promotion of the company and its banjos, Fairbanks was primarily responsible for the technical innovation.
"The F&C pots were either wooden pots... or full spun pots with the wooden hoop clad on the outside with a thin metal sheath. A thin metal hoop was placed on the top and bottom of the wooden hoop before the metal shell was spun over it, creating a crude form of tone ring.
"The inlays are fairly crude saw-cut mother of pearl arranged in interesting patterns."
Comments
Hello Clifton and all you guys among Patrion! This particular Banjo just arrived to Finland, Scandinavia in my hand two days ago . What a fantastic mint condition piece of history this is!
Petri Erkkilä
2019-03-03 06:34:16 +0000 UTC$580, shipped to most states. HOLLER at me.
Clifton Hicks
2019-02-01 21:51:03 +0000 UTC$$'s?
John M Robinson
2019-02-01 18:36:16 +0000 UTC
