I bought this tenor today,never seen anything quite like it. A friend who was born in Germany says the writing is a combination of Swedish,Latin and German. The head is a little under 10.5”
It’s really well built and in great shape.
There’s a few more pics and a couple of the original case in my “Paramount” folder.
...Back of resonator says, "Everyone sees what you appear to be, only a few sense what you really are".
(Niccolo Machiavelli)
This banjo player was obviously also a philosopher.
Edited by - tdennis on 11/05/2022 19:47:52
It certainly has the look of a German (East or West) made instrument. Never seen one like that before.
Never seen one like that before. Probably 1960’s.
German - Banjo player - Fan of The Prince , interesting combination.
Concerning the writing: I only see Latin and German.
I notice that I have a different banjo in the first picture. Fumbly fingers I guess.
Thanks for the replies.
The would-be Latin "In magnus est voluisse" is a butchering of the actual quotation, which is "In magnis et voluisse sat est" ("In great matters, even to have been willing").
Banjo most likely came from somewhere around Heidelberg.
"Everybody sees what you appear to be. Only few feel what you are."
Edited by - Emiel on 11/06/2022 09:04:40
Boy, that seems to apply to almost all banjo players!
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Originally posted by Ira GitlinThe would-be Latin "In magnus est voluisse" is a butchering of the actual quotation, which is "In magnis et voluisse sat est" ("In great matters, even to have been willing").
Oops--I didn't finish the translation. It should have been, "In great matters, it is enough even to have been willing."
I tinkered on the banjo today,replaced the tuners with some that would hold tension,got the action tolerable,and gave it to a friend who’s a lady who was born in Germany. She already plays guitar pretty well so she’ll take right to it.
She seemed quite pleased. Her husband has to arise at 4:30 to work so he has to hit the rack pretty early,I hope I didn’t cause any marital problems. ??
