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SB - 0003 ca. 1896 S.S. Stewart Banjeaurine EXC - Very nice old S.S. Stewart with a 10" rosewood rim and a 20 1/8" scale length but with the extended fingerboard giving a full 22 frets. One missing nut and bracket. Very attractive fingerboard and headstock inlays. Original tuning pegs and Elite tailpiece. Mahogany neck and dowel . Serial number 17374
. Lovely carved heel with a solidly repaired hairline crack. Nice old skin head and a great old timey sound along with a great old timey hard shell case that has seen many trips on the road. GB - 00039 1940 Gibson TB-
11 Tenor Banjo EXC - A fantastic example of
Gibsons pearloid delight. These come in many shades of color but I
really like the blue ones and this one is true blue from the headstock to the resonator. It is in fine
condition with just a couple of scratches on the side of the resonator and
one teeny surface crack in the side of the resonator at the heel. The hardware is in
very nice shape and the coveted original one piece flange is a
fine example as one can see from looking at it from both the bass side and the treble side as well as
at the heel.
Original Grover two tab tuning
pegs.
Interestingly this banjo was fitted with a guitar banjo tailpiece with 6 tangs.
It's original hard shell case is in decent shape as well.
Price: $4400.00
GB - 00035 1935 Kel
Kroyden (by Gibson) Conversion VG++ Here's the real deal
and you can hear it in the tone. You got your one piece flange full thickness
rim same as a
Mastertone without a tone ring. The flange is a Nashville Plating Co.
replacement since the old one (included) was broken. And we had Larry Cohea install a
Mc Peake flat head tone ring and a second co-ordinator rod (the KK
rim is originally drilled for it but has only one installed) as well as a
nice Wreath Pattern
five string neck and then set it up perfectly with spikes at frets 7,8,9, and
10. It plays beautifully and sounds incredible.
Gibson script on the
headstock and Planet
tuning pegs and the fabulous M.O.T. resonator with original lugs. Original
case and tenor neck
with original pegs,
flange (and broken pieces), and brass rod 'tone ring' are available if you so desire.
Price: $4950.00
PB - 00404 1924
Paramount Style C Plectrum Banjo EXC This is a fine
example with good strong sound and great playability. Good neck, frets,
etc. and wonderful condition. Nice old skin head. The dove pattern fingerboard inlay is Paramounts most
beautiful in my opinion.
The Cupid or Ludwig Van
Beethoven on the first fret is a pleasureable puzzlement.
And the high grade mahogany used in the neck
and the maple capped rim and the
resonator are
beautifully accented by the colorful marquetry used
throughout. Original Page
tuning pegs in fine condition. Fancy headstock inlay. Carved heel. Lovely volute. (Don't ya just
love volutes?) Original
tailpiece and .... it's wired for .... light. (Perhaps you noticed)
The serial number on the rim matches that on the
dowel. The label proudly states "Piano Volume - Harp Quality Tone".
No lie. Original Paramount double pocket blue lined hard shell
case in pretty nice
shape.
Price: $1795.00
VB - 00015 1930 Vega
Tubaphone #3 with Wildwood #7 Style Neck EXC
Here's a fine sounding and playing and looking banjo for you. The 1930
Tubaphone rim which is
serial # 88860 has
been mated to a beautiful flame maple Wildwood neck that is finished to
match the original flame maple
resonator whose inside
is also quite flamey and bears the
Vega stamp. Exquisite Style 7 engraved inlays in the fingerboard and the
Wildwood engraved inlay on the
peghead. Original 4
piece flange and
tubaphone tone ring. New Weatherking head
. Newer planet type
tuning pegs. Hard shell case. Great banjo for either old timey or
bluegrass.
Price: $2250.00
VMB - 00017 1922 Vega
Tubaphone Style X Mandolin Banjo EXC- This may
have been a custom order because it contains some of the features of the
Style 9 series like the fancy marquetry on the bottom of the rim and engraved fingerboard inlays. Yet
it clearly states Style X on the dowel stick. Nice engraved
inlays on the headstock
and original enclosed tuning
pegs. Flamey maple
neck and lovely carving on the heel cap. There is a
solid expertly repaired crack on the heel. Bell Brand tailpiece. Seems to be a
skin head that has been 'rubbed down'. Original hard shell case has seen
better days. Good setup with nice comfy action and a fairly mellow (for
a mandolin banjo) sound.
Price: $1695.00
PB - 0003 1930's Bacon
& Day Senorita Plectrum Banjo EXC +++ WOW! What Condition!
It's great to find them like this. And the case too ... what character!
Very comfortable and beautiful laminated neck with engraved
pearloid heelcap as well as engraved pearloid lower fingerboard
and, (wouldn't you know it)
upper fingerboard. The
rim looks practically new with pearloid
sides and cloverleaf
flange. The resonator
gleems as well. And even the
inside glistens. Orignal Grover pat.pend geared tuning pegs and beautiful
engraved headstock
complete the picture. And the sound is fantastic. Clear and bright and suitable
for anything ... even bluegrass.
Price: $1350.00
SOLD
EB - 0007 Mid teens Clifford
Essex 5 String Banjo EXC With its 11 inch rim spunover what looks like mahogany and a simple hoop
tonering and nice skin head, this old feller gets a mighty sweet old
timey sound. Scale Length is 26 3/4" and the nut width is 1 3/16" and the
mahogany neck shows wear on the back and is very comfortable to play.
Ebony fingerboard has lovely abalone and pearl inlays in it as does the headstock. The tuning pegs work fine. All parts
appear original and match nicely and the 15a Grafton Street label proudly graces the dowel
stick. Oversize chipboard case.
Price: $1395.00
MB - 00011 Late Twenties
Slingerland Deluxe Tenor Banjo EXC+ Wow!
This banjo certainly lives up to it's "Deluxe" classification. Nest to the
top of the Slingerland line, it is indeed a
gorgeous piece of art and craftsmanship. The highest quality woods and
ornamentation are used throughout and the hand of Wm. L. Lange is
evident. Not only that, there is a very faint stamp inside the rim ..
"Lange Made". The rim
is rosewood and marquetry trimmed even on the inside bottom. The neck
is also rosewood with rosewood
fingerboard elaborately inlaid with the avian motiff. the name "A
Farland" is engraved at the last fret. Go figure. The resonator is likewise rosewood
inside and out with
colorful marquetry abounding.
Even the heel is adorned with
marquetry and capped with rosewood. All metal parts are gold plated and engraved.
The tension hoop has a fancy engraving pattern around the top and the
flange has lovely bells
engraved on it. The
armrest repeats the bells along with leaves with the center bell
having an "S" engraved in it. The tailpiece is decoratively engraved
with "Maybel" in script at the bottom. Original tuning pegs are lustrous gold
and the headstock is
resplendent with a peacock and other birds. This instrumnent has
recently been renovated by Vinnie Mondelo "Mr. Vintage Banjo" himself and
it plays wonderfully and sounds as good as any Vega or B & D Silverbell.
Brilliant and Loud but with the sweetness that a gold tone ring adds.
The original hard shell case is
in pretty good shape with it's faux aligator covering mostly intact and all latches
working fine.
Price; $1895.00
SOLD
VMB - 00017 1922 Vega
Tubaphone Style X Mandolin Banjo EXC- This may
have been a custom order because it contains some of the features of the
Style 9 series like the fancy marquetry on the bottom of the rim and engraved fingerboard inlays. Yet
it clearly states Style X on the dowel stick. Nice engraved
inlays on the headstock
and original enclosed tuning
pegs. Flamey maple
neck and lovely carving on the heel cap. There is a
solid expertly repaired crack on the heel. Bell Brand tailpiece. Seems to be a
skin head that has been 'rubbed down'. Original hard shell case has seen
better days. Good setup with nice comfy action and a fairly mellow (for
a mandolin banjo) sound.
Price: $1695.00
MB - 00032 1927 B & D Silver
Bell #1 Montana Special Mandolin Banjo EXF
This is an astounding instrument. Check out all the pictures of it on
it's page in the Museum.
Price: $3250.00
To contact Players Vintage Instruments, e-mail us at info@vintageinstruments.com
Or telephone: 415-669-1107 West Coast Time
Or write to: Box 445, Inverness, Ca. 94937
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Lowell Levinger - Proprietor
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