Mandolin-banjo
Maker
Gibson
Date1924 ca.
Place MadeKalamazoo, Michigan, United States, North America
Serial No.8544-14
SignedInlaid on peghead: The / GibsonPrinted 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
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")
Credit LineGift of Clay H. Johnson, 1999
Object number07416
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