Assertion: tenor banjo | /r/AtLocation | its development stage
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text: Part of this has to do with a) 17 fret instruments were the only tenor banjos when the tenor banjo was in its development stage - the better made banjos from the late 20s and the 30s were more likely to be a 19 fret instrument and b) cheap banjos (or entry level banjos, some were well made even though they cost $35 especially the Bacons and Vegas) that flooded the early market were almost always 17 fret to take advantage of the fad.