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Resonator banjo-ukulele
Alternate name:Resonator ukulele-banjo
Alternate name:Resonator banjo-uke
Alternate name:Resonator banjulele
Alternate name:Resonator banjolele
Distributor: Tom Brown Music Co.
Date: 1922-1936 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedWhite, red, black, and gold decal on head: [blackface musician playing saxophone] Tom Brown / Music Co. / Chicago
Markingsnone
DescriptionNote that similar banjo ukuleles can be found in the Sears Roebucks catalogs at least from 1927 through 1931. They no longer appear in the 1936 catalogs.
Neck: maple
Peghead: shield-shaped upper edge
Fingerboard: maple; integral with neck; fifteen nickel-silver frets
Heel cap: one
Rim: two pieces of solid maple
Head: calf-skin
Tension hoop: nickel-plated steel with eight nickel-plated steel dome-headed screws, set into wood of rim
Back: arched, nickel-plated sheet steel with central hole; affixed to rim with six small brass tacks
Nut: maple
Tuners: three birch and one later softwood
Bridge: rosewood
Tailpiece: nickel-plated sheet steel affixed to body with small brass tack
Finish: golden varnish
Neck: maple
Peghead: shield-shaped upper edge
Fingerboard: maple; integral with neck; fifteen nickel-silver frets
Heel cap: one
Rim: two pieces of solid maple
Head: calf-skin
Tension hoop: nickel-plated steel with eight nickel-plated steel dome-headed screws, set into wood of rim
Back: arched, nickel-plated sheet steel with central hole; affixed to rim with six small brass tacks
Nut: maple
Tuners: three birch and one later softwood
Bridge: rosewood
Tailpiece: nickel-plated sheet steel affixed to body with small brass tack
Finish: golden varnish
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 527 mm (20-3/4”)
Vibrating string length: 320 mm (12-19/32”)
Fingerboard length: 225 mm (8-7/8”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 33 mm (1-9/32”)
Fingerboard width at body: 46 mm (1-13/16”)
Head diameter: 137 mm (5-3/8”)
Rim diameter: 177 mm (6-31/32”)
Rim depth: 33 mm (1-9/32”)
Vibrating string length: 320 mm (12-19/32”)
Fingerboard length: 225 mm (8-7/8”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 33 mm (1-9/32”)
Fingerboard width at body: 46 mm (1-13/16”)
Head diameter: 137 mm (5-3/8”)
Rim diameter: 177 mm (6-31/32”)
Rim depth: 33 mm (1-9/32”)
Terms
Credit Line: Geoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2009
Not on view
Object number: 14440