What company made the 5 string banjo shown here? Any idea when?
Please note the copper sheathing on the finger board. Anyone seen a repair like this before?
Appears to be dated 4.67. Is that 1867 or 1967? Only the bridge is new.
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The date is Jan. 4, 1887
It's a "low grade" banjo made by Lyon and Healy, with dyed wood fingerboard, no embellishments. We generally just refer to them as "1890s" since they were made in large quantity over a number of years. Don't see the sheathing on the fingerboard, but that was a regular feature on early banjos.
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