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2. Prewar Gibson banjo - Wikipedia

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   However, small numbers of Gibson banjos continued to be constructed and shipped during the war years using stocks of metal parts remaining in factory bins. Production of metal banjo parts resumed in late 1946; however, it is commonly believed that the metal composition of foundry products delivered to Gibson after World War II was inferior to ...

3. Elderly Instruments - Wikipedia

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   Specializing in fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles, Elderly maintains a selection of odd or rare instruments. Elderly is known as a premier repair shop for fretted instruments, as one of the larger vintage instrument dealers in the United States, and as a major dealer of Martin guitars ...

4. Reverb.com - Wikipedia

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   Reverb.com is an online marketplace for new, used, and vintage musical equipment, including instruments used by notable musicians. [1] It was founded in 2013 by David Kalt, shortly after he purchased the musical instrument store Chicago Music Exchange and became frustrated with then-available options for buying and selling guitars online. [2]

5. Bass banjo - Wikipedia

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   Advertising copy used the terms "bass banjo" and "cello banjo" to refer to the same instrument. Other banjo makers manufactured similar instruments, including A.C. Fairbanks, with a 12 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (310 mm) diameter head and a 29 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (750 mm) scale length [ 2 ] and A.A. Farland, with 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (320 mm) head and a 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...

6. Gibson (guitar company) - Wikipedia

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   By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars, used and popularized by Charlie Christian. In 1944, Gibson was bought by Chicago Musical Instruments (CMI), which was acquired in 1969 by Panama-based conglomerate Ecuadorian Company Limited (ECL ...

7. Harmony Company - Wikipedia

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   They sold 250,000 pieces in 1923 and 500,000 in 1930, including various models of guitars, banjos, and mandolins. In the late 1930s, the firm began making violins again after a 19-year hiatus. They also bought brand names from the bankrupt Oscar Schmidt Co.—La Scala, Stella , and Sovereign.

8. American Banjo Museum - Wikipedia

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   The museum was originally oriented towards four-string banjos but by 2013 its focus was widened to include five-string banjos. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] By 2018 the museum possessed more than 400 instruments and was able to exhibit more than 300 of them on two floors of galleries covering 21,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2 ).

9. Deering Banjo Company - Wikipedia

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   Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos. Many notable banjo players play Deering banjos. For example, Winston Marshal, founding member of Mumford & Sons, plays banjos made by Deering. [2] He originally played an Eagle but has transitioned to various instruments including a signature model that bears his name.