Gibson Five-String Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1940=1942
label: date made
content: 1940-1942
name: label: maker
content: Gibson, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by Gibson, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan around 1940-1942. It is a Five-String Banjo, style RB-100, marked #7075-4, with a maple shell, neck, and resonator, sunburst finish on the back (the neck may have been refinished as it doesn’t appear to have the same sunburst finish), rosewood fingerboard with pearl position dots, 24 brackets, 2:1 Grover tuners, and a friction fifth-string peg. The peghead shape is unique to style 00 banjos. There is no tone ring or brass hoop but only a bead turned in the top of the rim to serve as a bearing for the head. Silkscreened on peghead:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Gibson</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The RB-100 banjo is described in a 1937 Gibson catalog X:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”So that anyone can own a genuine Gibson regular banjo, we have created this fine model for only $27.50. Similar to style TB-00 on page 48 except has 27” scale with 22 frets and five strings.”</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0157.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0157
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0157.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 14 in x 3 1/4 in; 96.52 cm x 35.56 cm x 8.255 cm