WS18-5

Bacon ( by Vega)               F. F. Professional No. 3 (Dragon)              5 String

 

S/N 67                   1906                            10 3/4 x 26                    6 lbs.

 

Fully original except the peghead overlay had disintegrated and was replaced with ebony. The pearl inlay Dragon was saved.

 

Condition: Excellent.

Background: In the 1906 Bacon catalog, this was the top-of-the-line model and sold for $100. The catalog illustration of the back view is somewhat misleading by showing this model to have a heel carving of an angel’s face with wings. Such banjos were made but were not the standard catalog instrument for $100.

Features of this model: Tuners were gold-plated metal shafts with pearl knobs. Inlays included a chubby Dragon filling the peghead and fancy engraved designs on the back of the peghead and heel cap. Flat (cobra) hooks. “Internal resonator” pot design. Multiple decorative veneers beneath the fingerboard and the long backstrap. Heel carving that is similar to, but slightly more elaborate than the Fairbanks Whyte-Laydie No. 7 models.
 

About this instrument: Ex-Bollman Collection.

 

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