Vega-Vox IV Tenor Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1965
name: label: maker
content: Vega Instrument Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by the Vega Instrument Company Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1965. It is a Four-String Tenor Banjo, "Vega-Vox IV" model, serial #A-125768, maple neck with mahogany inlay, carved heel, 19-fret ebony fretboard with 8 square pearl inlays, headstock with “Vega” and star motif, gold-tone tuners with white plastic buttons, gold-tone metal hardware, Tu-ba-phone tone ring with “barbell” cutouts, and resonator with “De-Luxe Vegavox” star, with flowers and intricate designs.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>As listed in a 1964 Vega banjo flyer, the Vega-Vox IV banjos are custom-built on special order only. This model banjo sold for $930.00 plus $75.00 extra for the carved neck.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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 Sharon L. Faina, In loving memory of H. E. Burton from his family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0074.01
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0074.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0074
label: serial number
content: A-125768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 87.63 cm x 34.29 cm x 8.89 cm