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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: "Different D" Silver Bell on eBay


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KLR - Posted - 08/26/2014:  14:41:56

Vintage 1920s Era Bacon Day Silver Bell 4 String Tenor Banjo | eBay



Just a little headsup for you B&D SB researchers.  Maybe you catalog all this stuff already?  Here's an example of that Different D:



 






G Edward Porgie - Posted - 08/26/2014:  20:09:15

It appears to be an early Silver Bell (17 frets, Presto tailpiece, old style resonator with the round holes in the flange). It also appears to have been played almost to death, and is probably overpriced given those worn frets, divots in the fingerboard, and chipped peghead backstrapping.

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