• Front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
    This beautiful '20's Bacon & Day tenor banjo features lots of fancy inlays on  fingerboard and peghead. It has a maple rim and 2-piece neck,  Silver Bell tone ring, and Grover Pat. tuners.  Original hardshell case.  VG-EC except could use (proper crown height head, needs 2 resonator screw re-inforcements re-soldered to flange, strings, bridge, etc. - plays okay - sold AS-IS).
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  • Front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Full front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Front of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Armrest, tailpiece and bridge of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Front neck and body join of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Fretboard of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Front headstock of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Neck joint of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Inside rim of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Back headstock of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Heel of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Bck and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Full back and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Case for Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
  • Full front of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)
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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. 
For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • SN 10552 
  • 1923 
  • VG-EC *(see below) 
  • Transparent brown stain on neck and resonator 
  • 2-piece flamed maple neck with 3-piece center strip 
  • U-shaped neck profile 
  • ~9/16" maple rim 
  • Maple resonator with integral flange 
  • Ivoroid binding on edge of resonator 
  • Circle pattern in flange 
  • Headstock overlays features pearl "B&D" / Silver / Bell" and floral inlays 
  • Ivoroid-bound 17-fret ebony fingerboard with fancy pearl inlays 
  • Grover "PAT. PEND." friction tuners with ivoroid buttons 
  • 11" Fiberskyn head (wrong crown height) 
  • Notched tension hoop, 24 brackets and shoes 
  • Period "GROVER PATENT" Presto tailpiece 
  • Silver Bell tone ring with multiple raised holes 
  • Dowel stick reads "MADE BY / THE BACON BANJO CO. INC. / GROTON, CONN. U.S.A." 
  • Vega-style armrest installed 1-5/32" nut, ~22-1/8" scale 
  • Instrument has been re-fretted and has had a dowel stick reset in the past 
  • Some over spray on dowel stick and resonator
  • Interior label of resonator reads "BACON BANJO CO., Inc." / "Banjos and Mandolins of Quality" / GROTON, CONNECTICUT" and is stamped "PAT PEND" 
  • With original hardshell case (hot pink lining) 
  • *VG-EC except could use (proper crown height head, 2 resonator screw re-inforcements re-soldered to flange, strings, bridge, etc. - plays okay - sold AS-IS)

Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)

Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)

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This beautiful '20's Bacon & Day tenor banjo features lots of fancy inlays on  fingerboard and peghead. It has a maple rim and 2-piece neck,  Silver Bell tone ring, and Grover Pat. tuners.  Original hardshell case.  VG-EC except could use (proper crown height head, needs 2 resonator screw re-inforcements re-soldered to flange, strings, bridge, etc. - plays okay - sold AS-IS).
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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. 
For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • SN 10552 
  • 1923 
  • VG-EC *(see below) 
  • Transparent brown stain on neck and resonator 
  • 2-piece flamed maple neck with 3-piece center strip 
  • U-shaped neck profile 
  • ~9/16" maple rim 
  • Maple resonator with integral flange 
  • Ivoroid binding on edge of resonator 
  • Circle pattern in flange 
  • Headstock overlays features pearl "B&D" / Silver / Bell" and floral inlays 
  • Ivoroid-bound 17-fret ebony fingerboard with fancy pearl inlays 
  • Grover "PAT. PEND." friction tuners with ivoroid buttons 
  • 11" Fiberskyn head (wrong crown height) 
  • Notched tension hoop, 24 brackets and shoes 
  • Period "GROVER PATENT" Presto tailpiece 
  • Silver Bell tone ring with multiple raised holes 
  • Dowel stick reads "MADE BY / THE BACON BANJO CO. INC. / GROTON, CONN. U.S.A." 
  • Vega-style armrest installed 1-5/32" nut, ~22-1/8" scale 
  • Instrument has been re-fretted and has had a dowel stick reset in the past 
  • Some over spray on dowel stick and resonator
  • Interior label of resonator reads "BACON BANJO CO., Inc." / "Banjos and Mandolins of Quality" / GROTON, CONNECTICUT" and is stamped "PAT PEND" 
  • With original hardshell case (hot pink lining) 
  • *VG-EC except could use (proper crown height head, 2 resonator screw re-inforcements re-soldered to flange, strings, bridge, etc. - plays okay - sold AS-IS)
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