Banjo

Windsor

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Instrument

Banjo/Guitars/Strings/Musical Instrument ; Banjo

Instrument Family

Strings

Maker

Windsor

Place Made

Birmingham ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Probably 1st half of the 20th centurySerial number: 49.

Description

Technical description: Calfskin membrane, badly broken around rim. Rim of metal set inside a wooden body veneered in hardwood (rosewood?). Nickel plated string holder at bottom with five knobs for the looped strings to attach to. Neck width 35.5 - 51. Mother-of-pearl frets at 1, 3, 5, 7(2), 10, 12, 14, 17, 21; 21 frets total . V-shaped neck. 5 tuners of ebony veneered head. Fingerboard of ebony over maple. Metal button on back. Tuner metal including the buttons. Overall size: 921 Body diameter: 223 (membrane), 289 (body) Body depth: 57 Number of tension points: 20 String length: 696 Impressed on the neck at the heel and stamped on the bass side of the head "The Windsor. 49".

Notes

A. Macaulay, December 1991; D.P. Martin, 2003.

Measurements

921.Body diameter: 223 (membrane), 289 (body)

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0274