Toy banjo
Maker
Emenee Industries, Inc.
Date1956 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelGolden Banjo
Serial No.none
SignedEMENEE / MUSICAL TOYS / GOLDEN / BANJOMarkingsnone
DescriptionNeck: red plastic
Peghead: red plastic; top covered with layer of gold-finished plastic; 4 tuners
Fingerboard: black plastic; 17 black plastic frets; white single dots printed behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets, decreasing in size
Heel cap: none
Head: animal skin
Tone ring: red plastic; integral with rim
Rim: red plastic; integral with neck
Bracket hooks: none [8 brass screws with Philips heads]
Shoes: 8 brass-plated metal nuts
Tension hoop: gold-finished plastic with raised, decorative pattern between bracket screws
Dowel stick: none
Resonator: black plastic; 44 mm (1-23/32”) diameter hole in center
Nut: gold-finished plastic; integral with head face
Tuners: 4 aluminum tension tuners with white pearlized plastic heads
Tailpiece: gold-finished plastic; integral with tension hoop
Finish: none
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 556 mm (21-7/8 in)
Vibrating string length: 343.5 mm (13-17/32 in)
Fingerboard length: 229 mm (9-1/32 in)
Fingerboard width at nut: 36 mm (1-13/32 in)
Fingerboard width at body: 49 mm (1-15/32 in)
Head diameter: 76 mm (3 in)
Resonator diameter: 215 mm (8-15/32 in)
Rim and resonator depth: 66 mm (2-19/32 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01118
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