5-string banjo
Distributor
Joseph Flanner
Date1895 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Place DistributedMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on dowel: JOSEPH FLANNER / MILWAUKEEMarkingsStamped on tailpiece: PATENTED / JUNE 23.1891 [sic]
Stamped on tuners: PAT.MAY8.88
DescriptionNeck: mahogany
Peghead: integral with neck, but reinforced on front and back of head with brown-stained pearwood; veneered on face with brown-stained pearwood over plain maple; mother-of-pearl and nickel-silver inlay comprised of a lyre, pedestal, flower, and star; mother-of-pearl block inlays around outside edge
Fingerboard: brown-stained pearwood faced with ebony over plain maple veneer bound in white celluloid; 17 nickel-silver frets; space behind each fret inlaid with white mother-of-pearl blocks with additional gray mother-of-pearl abstract decorative inlays behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 17th frets, and between 17th fret and body
Heel cap: mother-of-pearl
Head: white matte plastic Remo head
Rim: spun nickel-silver over red-orange-varnished maple
Dowel stick: orange-red varnished maple veneered on back with dark-brown-stained maple or pearwood
Bracket hooks: 30 nickel-plated brass
Shoes: nickel-plated brass
Tension hoop: nickel-plated brass with 22 notches; outside with four decorative engraved rings and rolled rope pattern in center
Nut: ebony
Tuners: nickel-plated brass tension pegs with mother-of-pearl heads; two heads replaced with white pearlized plastic heads (see patent in file)
Tailpiece: nickel-plated brass (see patent in file, assigned to Buckbee)
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 870 mm (34-1/4″)
Vibrating string length: 642 mm (25-5/32″); 5th string: 472 mm (18-19/32″)
Fingerboard length: 459 mm (18-1/16″)
Fingerboard width at nut: 33 mm (1-5/16″)
Fingerboard width at body: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Head diameter: 277 mm (10-29/32″)
Rim depth: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Credit LineDe and David Knudson Fund, 2008
Object number13575
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1891-1910 ca.