http://www.banjohangout.org/myhango...albumid=3720
does anyone know what this banjo is ?it has a 10.75 inch rim no serial number and no name

Posted - 10/28/2009 :  14:50:44      

10 3/4" rims were typical of the Chicago makers, but this one just doesn't look too familiar. Is there a dowelstick? Seeing it in place with the fittings might help (or not).

Bill

Posted - 10/28/2009 :  14:58:16      

the dowel stick is gone but inside the tension hoop there are two parallel marks as if marking it as 2 and the same marks are in the tone ring and the rim where the tone ring sits at the neck

Posted - 10/28/2009 :  15:04:06      

i have added 2 more photos of the dowel stick area of the rim

Posted - 10/28/2009 :  16:24:11        

I have seen that peghead shape on some Wm. Lange-made banjos, Paramount maybe. The fingerboard inlay also looks like Lange-made. Rim had been diddled with, Nuts are Vega-like but you can buy new ones.


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Posted - 10/28/2009 :  22:32:02          

I'll go with timmo on this. Lange used hardware that at least looked a lot like Vega's. I also think the pattern around the rim is similar to Lange's various brands and trade banjos.


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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  03:52:04      

After first viewing the pics I thought Lange/Orpheum, too. The pot certainly looks like those on the Orpheums and the fancy neck inlays as well. The peghead shape is not one I've seen before. Good call, Tim....

Phil in Chambersburg, PA

Posted - 10/29/2009 :  09:31:34        

Go to "Bill's Banjos" and look at his Orpheum #1 under Rettberg & Lange
http://www.billsbanjos.com/

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  20:34:28      

thanks for all the help guys.im gonna make a five string neck for it.the tenor neck is worn badly .i think i will try to use an orpheum design on the peghead and board