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5-string banjo
Maker: Lyon & Healy
Maker: George Washburn (trade name of Lyon & Healy)
Date: 1900-1910 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Place Distributed:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: George Washburn No. 1015
Serial No: 2170
SignedStamped on squared wooden rod on backside of belly, inside buckled strap border with centralized depiction of a guitar: GEORGE / WASHBURN
MarkingsStamped beside signaure: 2170
DescriptionDecoration: 4 mother-of-pearl fret markers
Materials: wood
Head: calf skin
Tone rim: maple
Rim fasteners: metal
Neck: maple
Peghead: maple; eight (8) paired wooden pegs/pins inserted into back of peghead
Frets: German silver
Tailpiece: metal
Button: n/a
Fingerboard: rosewood
Bridge: maple
Saddle: none
Nut: rosewood
Heel cap: rosewood veneer
Tuning machines: n/a
Pegs: ebony
Finger grips: n/a
Bridge pins: n/a
Materials: wood
Head: calf skin
Tone rim: maple
Rim fasteners: metal
Neck: maple
Peghead: maple; eight (8) paired wooden pegs/pins inserted into back of peghead
Frets: German silver
Tailpiece: metal
Button: n/a
Fingerboard: rosewood
Bridge: maple
Saddle: none
Nut: rosewood
Heel cap: rosewood veneer
Tuning machines: n/a
Pegs: ebony
Finger grips: n/a
Bridge pins: n/a
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 89 cm (34 5/8”)
Fingerboard length: 48.2 cm (18 31/32”)
Nut to bridge: 66.7 cm (26 ¼”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 48.7 cm (19 3/16”)
Belly width/diameter: 26.7 cm (10 ½”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 3.2 cm (1 ¼”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 4.8 cm (1 7/8”)
Diameter of resonator back: none
Fingerboard length: 48.2 cm (18 31/32”)
Nut to bridge: 66.7 cm (26 ¼”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 48.7 cm (19 3/16”)
Belly width/diameter: 26.7 cm (10 ½”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 3.2 cm (1 ¼”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 4.8 cm (1 7/8”)
Diameter of resonator back: none
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02632