Banjo #048, appears to be made by Buckbee, stamped "Wm. A. Pond & Co. New York". Pond was a music house that, among other things, published music by Stephen Foster. Banjo is probably circa late 1800's. Had frets in a ruined fingerboard, I reset the inlays in a new fingerboard to preserve the original fret spacing but kept it as a fretless for now. WV tune from Melvin Wine via Chris Wig, fiddle in GDAD, banjo in G.
Thank you for playing this tune. Nicely done.
mrmikeuncle 11 months ago