![]() This one is stamped "#4 Special" on the dowel, with the familiar Fairbanks metal nameplate pinned there as well. This is an interesting if fairly low-line banjo from the Fairbanks company, pretty much a 19th century instrument built well into the 20th! In 1909 the highly esteemed and sophisticated Tu-Ba-Phone models joined the Whyte Laydie in the Fairbanks line at the top, but the company still made plain older-style instruments for less well-heeled customers. Fairbanks # 4 Special Model 5 String Banjo (1909), made in Boston, Mass., serial # 25504, natural varnish finish, spunover rim, mahogany neck with ebonized fingerboard, black hard shell case.
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