Tenor resonator banjo
Maker
C. F. Martin & Co.
Date1924
Place MadeNazareth, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelStyle 1
Serial No.none
SignedBranded onto back of peghead: C.F. MARTIN & CO / [line dot line] / NAZARETH, PA.MarkingsStamped onto rim/resonator mounting hardware, bass side: GROVER PATENT / NO. 1371760
Written in black ink on left side of back of rim: 3
DescriptionNeck: maple
Peghead: maple with rosewood veneer; four tuners
Fingerboard: rosewood; 17 nickel-silver bar frets; mother-of-pearl single dots inlaid behind 5th, 7th, 10th, and 15th frets; two mother-of-pearl dots inlaid behind 12th fret; ivory-plastic side dots inlaid behind 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets
Heel cap: ebony
Head: calf skin
Tone ring: not visible
Rim: half-spun, maple with nickel-plated steel top; ebony binding covers most of back of rim, except for a section near the bottom and a section on left side of back of rim
Bracket hooks: 24 nickel-plated steel
Shoes: none
Tension hoop: nickel-plated steel
Dowel stick: none
Resonator: convex plate of nickel-plated brass encircled by rim [called “hub-cap” in Gruhn & Carter]
Nut: ivory or bone
Tuners: 4 nickel-plated steel tension pegs with ivoroid heads
Tailpiece: nickel-plated brass, in case
Finish: clear lacquer
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 775 mm (30-1/2”)
Vibrating string length: 526 mm (20-23/32”) [approx. – measured from bridge footprints on calf-skin head]
Fingerboard length: 339 mm (13-11/32”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 30 mm (1-3/16”)
Fingerboard width at body: 40 mm (1-9/16”)
Head diameter: 279 mm (10-31/32”)
Resonator diameter: 290 mm (11-13/32”)
Rim and resonator depth: 80 mm (3-5/32”)
Credit LineGift of Stuart M. Frank, 2014
Object number14960
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