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banjonz - Posted - 04/28/2026: 18:27:33
The banjolin turned up on FB and has me stumped as to the maker.
The name GRACI (which incidently is also a city in Italy) is stamped on it.
Any thoughts?
tdennis - Posted - 04/28/2026: 20:06:47
My impression is that this is Italian, & is a unique experimental instrument made by a luthier, or perhaps a prototype. The peghead is impressive visually, but I feel that these knobs would not necessarily make tuning easy for an MB.
KirbyInKentucky - Posted - 04/28/2026: 21:21:15
banjonz tdennis I was doing some research and came across GRACIO Banjolins that match the same logo. Specifically this photo from the Portuguese National Museum of Music facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1030133945821839
One guy on facebook a few hours ago said they resemble Portuguese tuners so I guess that's a neat detail to remember.
I first only could come across this Portuguese Banjolin on Reverb (reverb.com/item/46406054-guita...50s-steel) and then saw it had the same kind of back to it so I looked up that brand specifically.
Edit: I'm glad I could help, the Banjolin I recently got only had a small 'J' inscribed on the wooden rim and nothing else identifying lol.
Edited by - KirbyInKentucky on 04/28/2026 21:24:42
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