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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Request for Assistance - identifying a banjo with a unique peghead


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Brooklynbanjoboy - Posted - 07/26/2026:  16:31:50

Good evening, BHO Citizens. I'm attaching a photo of a young lady and a banjo in the midst of her trio, a band called "Girlyman." The banjo player is Doris Muramatsu. I wonder what kind of banjo she's armed with in this photo?

Thanks for your attention.

Take care,

Lew


identifying banjo with unique peghead


 

tdennis - Posted - 07/26/2026:  17:09:47

I kind of get the shape, but the pic is too blurry & the background too distracting to identify.

Joel Hooks - Posted - 07/26/2026:  17:27:27

Ome "Minstrel", though, without the burnt cork it is not very "minstrel".

Bill Rogers - Posted - 07/26/2026:  17:30:07

The key is the 4-in-line tuners in the peghead. Nothing else seems unusual. I have not seen that.

ssduke - Posted - 07/27/2026:  06:34:01

Joel is right. John McCutcheon plays one like that.
youtu.be/o9YoNqMidCQ?is=Q-N9_qNLPmrGOVD8

The Old Timer - Posted - 07/30/2026:  08:21:14

Well lookee here! In the BHO Classifieds!

banjohangout.org/classified/116134

Brooklynbanjoboy - Posted - 07/31/2026:  08:30:32

Thanks, BHO citizens, for jumping in here with your guidance. I appreciate your help.

Lew

Dan Gellert - Posted - 07/31/2026:  09:20:12

Not at all unique, it's based on the iconic design of what AFAIK are the very earliest commercially-produced banjos, made by Wm. Boucher in the 1840's.

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