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More DetailsThis 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)
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)
![Front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/7661097451711.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/2_ae051eba-331c-423f-b78c-fe7fd05aa9bf.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Full front and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/1_3dad78a5-7593-43c7-b0fa-04bae7a9efaa.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Front of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/0_daf84984-b5f1-44b6-b92d-7f39147fd60e.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Armrest, tailpiece and bridge of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/3_26fe22da-4537-4af6-8bc8-b8213a9cce2a.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Front neck and body join of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/4_c8ecfdc9-a13c-48ab-bddb-ff7329671643.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Fretboard of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/5_ec138098-4f80-4cbb-8e7e-8095b8020f9b.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Front headstock of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/6_8deb101c-5aa6-4e14-b68d-6bcbb6e6d576.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Neck joint of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/11_3fff8551-3592-4410-8f79-b515441cd094.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Inside rim of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/12_3fa1617a-6123-4db1-acfe-e5fee9462157.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Back headstock of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/7_5c5d8c82-9c77-4769-b8bc-b2431d9d9d96.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Heel of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/8_32aa7e5f-217d-430e-8225-30d9b56ee56f.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Bck and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/9_68997bea-2951-4e49-9214-7314aae7c259.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Full back and side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/10_da72909e-f6dc-4e1e-992d-938d6692167f.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Side of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/side_c5dc328a-4caf-45bb-b09d-47c5e85e7d81.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Case for Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/case_06d49900-c04f-4219-83d0-a45835c14653.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)
![Full front of Bacon & Day Silver Bell No.1 Tenor Banjo (c.1923)](http://www.elderly.com/cdn/shop/files/12_9ecde85e-ab92-432e-a3fc-c605c20acfb4.jpg?v=1715660997&width=1445)