Zither banjo
Alternate name(s)
- 5-string banjo
Maker
Windsor & Taylor
Date1917-1930 ca.
Place MadeBirmingham, England, Europe
ModelArtiste's Model 2 Duke
SignedHalf oval nickel-plated brass plate on the top of the bottom board with relief letters that surround the image of a castle reads: TRADE MARK / THE WINDSOR / PATENT No (superscript "o") 22234DescriptionNeck: walnut joined with the body; the fifth string passes through a cavity inside the neck and comes out by 5th fret
Peghead: walnut, integral with neck, ebony veneer
Fingerboard: ebony, 21 nickel-silver T- frets; mother of pearl inlay floral inlays behind 3th, 5th, 10th, and 14th frets; mother-of-pearl dots behind 7th, 12th and 17th frets
Heel cap: ebony
Head: skin
Tone ring: none/not visible
Rim: nickel-plated brass; integral with resonator attachments and shoes
Resonator: maple plywood veneered with rosewood, inside painted black; two pairs of light hardwood strip inlay around circumference at edges; light hardwood strip inlays radiating from brand plaque at top of back; attached directly to neck
Bracket hooks: none; 20 iron screws attach direction to tension hoop
Shoes: integral with rim
Tension hoop: nickel-plated plated brass
Dowel stick: nickel-plated brass
Top nut: bone
5th string nut: brass
Tuners: two pairs of recessed machine tuners with nickel-plated brass heads, steel rollers and decoratively stamped nickel-plated steel plates
Tailpiece: none; hooks integral with tension hoop
Finish: clear lacquer
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 920 mm (36-7/32”)
Total vibrating string length: 697 mm (27-7/16’’)
Vibrating string length of 5th string: 518 mm (20-3/8”)
Fingerboard length from top nut: 492 (19- 3/8’’)
Fingerboard length from 5th string nut: 349 mm (13-3/4’)
Fingerboard width at top nut: 35.9 mm (1- 13/32’’)
Fingerboard width at 5th fret nut: 40.1 mm (1-19/32’’)
Fingerboard width at body: 51.8 mm (2-1/32’’)
Head diameter: 23.2 mm (29/32")
Resonator diameter: 28.5 (1-1/8’’)
Rim and resonator depth: 60 mm (2- 3/")
Credit LineGift of Stuart M. Frank, 2015
Object number15004
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