Gibson Tenor Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: maker
content: Gibson Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by Gibson Inc., of Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1923. It is a Four-String Tenor Banjo, Style TB-3, serial #11196A-42A, with a maple hoop, 22 brackets, maple neck with mahogany finish, ebony fingerboard with pearl inlay and 20 frets, tuning machine pegs. Stenciled on the peghead:</p>
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content: <p>The<br>Gibson</p>
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content: <p>As described in the 1923 Gibson Catalog N:</p>
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content: <p>“A very popular model, incorporating the full-floating, non-friction tone-tube and other Mastertone features which give it the characteristic brilliant, powerful, snappy and far-carrying tone that is the joy of the dance orchestra Tenor-banjoist’s heart. Select ebony finger-board; other wood parts best quality maple, finished in beautiful, rich, dark mahogany with the neck blending from mahogany to clear natural maple finish. Japan pearl ornamentation, and position dots. Braced extension finger-board with twenty frets: 19-inch scale. Gibson special specification strings. All standard Gibson mastertone features, including ball-bearing tone-tube, tension-tube, etc. Completely equipped with Gibson arm-rest, finger-rest and tone-projector. Length, 29 inches; weight packed for shipping, 18 pounds.”</p>
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content: <p>”One of the instruments which helps to maintain the Gibson reputation for offering the most in quality, durability and tone for the least cost."</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: Banjos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith M. Lawall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.78.05
label: accession number
content: 1978.0845
label: catalog number
content: 78.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
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content: animal skin (overall material)
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content: ebony (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: perloid (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 74.295 cm x 28.575 cm x 6.985 cm