Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Frances Chenoweth
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: user
content: Chenoweth, Frances
label: user
content: Coan, Frances Chenoweth
label: maker
content: Gibson, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by the Gibson, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1927. It is a Four-String Tenor Banjo, Mastertone TB-5 Model, serial number 8693-2, with black walnut shell, black walnut neck, rosewood fingerboard with iridescent ivoroid and marquetry strippings, inlay of white pearl designs, similar ornamentation applied to peghead, 4:1 geared pegs with pearl buttons, gold-tone metal parts, and a laminated and arched flange resonator with marquetry and ivoroid inlays.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was custom made for vaudevillian performer Frances Chenoweth Coan with jeweled accents on the peghead and inscribed with “Frances.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Frances Chenoweth toured with her sister Vivian Hayes and Vivian’s husband Ed Hayes as "Ed Hayes and His Banjo Girls" from 1927-1930.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>As indicated in a 1926 Gibson Banjo Catalog testimonial: “The new Gison Mastertone Tenor-banjo is assuredly a marvel instrument. Its snappy tone, coupled with the rich tonal qualities and its ease of playing, make it an instrument which can be used for all purposes – dance, radio and concert.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Banjos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the family of Frances Chenoeth Coan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0482.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0482
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0482.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: walnut (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivoroid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 87.63 cm x 34.925 cm x 8.89 cm