5-string banjo
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Maker
George Washburn
(trade name of Lyon & Healy)
Date1900-1910 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelGeorge 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 / WASHBURNMarkingsStamped 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
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
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02632
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