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CGDA - Posted - 08/17/2012: 02:56:59
Hy everybody!
This is the first time I see the words "Tango Banjo" written on a label inside a tenor banjo:
banjoworld.de/1714Tenor-Special-002.jpg
Other pics of this banjo are available at Mr. Amendt's website ("for sale").
Marco 
Cottonmouth - Posted - 08/17/2012: 10:20:30
The earliest Fairbanks-Vega model I know of is a 1919 Style K melody banjo. Pictured below is my conversion of a 1910 Tu-ba-phone rim mated to a 1927 Little Wonder melody banjo neck (and dowel). Click on the photo for a closer look.
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beezaboy - Posted - 08/17/2012: 15:01:43
The label is from National Music String Co. of New Jersey who made Bell Brand and Black Diamond strings.
The term "tango banjo" was really dated by the time this resonator/flange tenor banjo was made (circa 1923-1926+). It appears to have only 18 frets?
The banjo was probably not made by NMS Co. I'll bet they contracted this one out and intended to act as a jobber for its sale. It does seem odd that NMS Co. would choose to label the banjo "tango banjo" at this late date but I think we have seen Bell Brand strings labeled "Tango Banjo" so maybe that is why.
E. (Eugene) J. Albert apparently had a music store in Philadelphia that must have survived his death in July 1920.
mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1920...-3-28.pdf
CGDA - Posted - 08/18/2012: 00:47:31
quote:
Originally posted by beezaboy
The label is from National Music String Co. of New Jersey who made Bell Brand and Black Diamond strings.
The term "tango banjo" was really dated by the time this resonator/flange tenor banjo was made (circa 1923-1926+). It appears to have only 18 frets?
The banjo was probably not made by NMS Co. I'll bet they contracted this one out and intended to act as a jobber for its sale. It does seem odd that NMS Co. would choose to label the banjo "tango banjo" at this late date but I think we have seen Bell Brand strings labeled "Tango Banjo" so maybe that is why.
E. (Eugene) J. Albert apparently had a music store in Philadelphia that must have survived his death in July 1920.
mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1920...-3-28.pdf
Thank you for this very detailed information.
Marco 
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