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 Fairbanks                    Special Electric No. 1                                  5 String Banjeaurine

 

S/N: 20245      1901                                    10 7/8 x 19 3/4"                      5 ˝ lb.

 

Fully original.

 

Condition: Near mint.

 

Background: In 4 part orchestrations for banjos, the banjeaurine was developed to play the lead/melody part. All these have necks considerably shorter than banjos. Early examples usually had rims noticeably larger than banjos. This later example has a more normal size.

Electric No. 1 models were inlaid only a bit fancier than No. 0s and typically had full spun pots. As stated earlier, the term “Special” before Electric usually has no consistent meaning but this banjo does have one of the long decorative metal stick covers that would not normally appear on a model of this level.
 

Features of this instrument:

1) Ex-Bollman Collection.

2) Long decorative stick cover.

3) Unusually tall pot.

4) There is a non-decorative (i.e. well hidden) 8 mm. section of wood between the heel and its cap (presumably for strength and possibly related to the height of the pot).

 

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