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Mandolin-banjo
Maker: Gibson
Date: 1924 ca.
Place Made:Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, North America
Serial No: 8544-14
SignedInlaid on peghead: The / Gibson
Printed inside wooden rim, a screw covers the letters "AMA": THE / Gibson / GIBSON INC. / KAL [AMA] ZOO
Printed inside wooden rim, a screw covers the letters "AMA": THE / Gibson / GIBSON INC. / KAL [AMA] ZOO
MarkingsStamped into wood inside instrument: 8544 -14
Written in white (nearly illegible) inside back of instrument: 8544 -14
Scratched into the wood, in interior: MB
Signature stamped on head: REMO / WEATHER KING / BANJO / MADE IN U. S. A
Written in white (nearly illegible) inside back of instrument: 8544 -14
Scratched into the wood, in interior: MB
Signature stamped on head: REMO / WEATHER KING / BANJO / MADE IN U. S. A
DescriptionMandolin banjo model MB-3. Mother-of-pearl inlays on fingerboard and peghead. Tailpiece has a flower pattern engraved on it. Similar to mandolin banjo pictured in Gibson's Mastertone Banjos Booklet, ca. 1924, p. 16. According to that catalog, the resonator, rim, and neck are finished in "rich red mahogany. All metal parts heavily nickel plated. Best quality machine heads with ivory pyralin buttons, beautifully inlaid genuine ebony fingerboard."
DimensionsHeight: 629 mm (24.75")
Width: 337 mm (13.25")
Length of Fretboard: 210 mm (8.25")
Vibrating String Length: 348 mm (13.75")
Width: 337 mm (13.25")
Length of Fretboard: 210 mm (8.25")
Vibrating String Length: 348 mm (13.75")
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Clay H. Johnson, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07416