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OldFrets - Posted - 11/13/2025: 10:05:41
Someone has this up on Ebay right now. Definitely needs some setup work, at least, but it may have been a reasonably nice instrument in its day. Anyone know the builder? It looks to me kind of like the love child of Vega and Slingerland, with some features from neither.
Culloden - Posted - 11/13/2025: 12:21:16
The rim does look like a Slingerland, as well as the brackets and shoes, but I don't think they made it. The purfling around the bottom edge of the rim resembles a Harmony.
My first instinct is Lyon & Healy but that's just an educated guess.
Edited by - Culloden on 11/13/2025 12:33:15
OldFrets - Posted - 11/13/2025: 13:15:31
The listing says 11.5", but the seller doesn't sound like a banjo aficionado and I suspect they measured the tension hoop OD.
DSmoke - Posted - 11/13/2025: 17:27:12
I do not believe this is Slingerland because of the tone ring and extended fingerboard. Maybe a Lyon & Healy built Washburn or possibly Wurlitzer?
banjonz - Posted - 11/14/2025: 13:24:48
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Originally posted by DSmokeI do not believe this is Slingerland because of the tone ring and extended fingerboard. Maybe a Lyon & Healy built Washburn or possibly Wurlitzer?
I tend to agree with the non-Slingerland assessment. There is so much not Slingerland about it.
Bill Rogers - Posted - 11/14/2025: 18:54:54
I’m thinking Rettberg & Lange. I don’t think this is a Chicago banjo
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