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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 365863, member: 55"]About all I can say: it is a 4-string banjo; you don't give dimensions, but with 4 strings it is either a tenor banjo, which would be at least 24" or more, likely close to 29"; if much smaller it could be a banjo-uke or ukulele-banjo, at around 18"</p><p>The slotted headpiece indicates it likely was made in England, or possibly somewhere else in Europe, but you don't see that on American instruments.</p><p>Date is likely somewhere around 1900-1920.</p><p>Looks like a fair bit of tarnish, and probably not much you can do about the metal parts without taking it apart.</p><p>I'd put some furniture polish, guitar polish or such on the wood parts, keeping it off the head. And avoid the painted flowers also. A lot of those designs were decals, but furniture polish is not good for them whether painted or decal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 365863, member: 55"]About all I can say: it is a 4-string banjo; you don't give dimensions, but with 4 strings it is either a tenor banjo, which would be at least 24" or more, likely close to 29"; if much smaller it could be a banjo-uke or ukulele-banjo, at around 18" The slotted headpiece indicates it likely was made in England, or possibly somewhere else in Europe, but you don't see that on American instruments. Date is likely somewhere around 1900-1920. Looks like a fair bit of tarnish, and probably not much you can do about the metal parts without taking it apart. I'd put some furniture polish, guitar polish or such on the wood parts, keeping it off the head. And avoid the painted flowers also. A lot of those designs were decals, but furniture polish is not good for them whether painted or decal.[/QUOTE]
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