1920s Calvert Parker (Keene, NH) Banjo Ukulele Conversion (Vintage, Banjolele, Uke)

Quick notes: 1) This is consigned. 2) I've done it all up and it's ready to go! 3) Please read the following text for full details and specs -- it's borrowed from my original blog post on it...

The dowel on this instrument reads "Calvert Parker" of Keene, New Hampshire. However, it's the same maker that's more well-known as John Henry Parker of Keene, NH and Burlington, VT. I did a similar banjo-mandolin up in January of this year.
This one, however, was left to rot in a bin of various banjos that came to me for local consignment, and it was missing its patented little "tone chamber" metal insert in the rim. It was also less-sturdily built, so I decided to convert it from a banjo-mandolin into a banjo-ukulele. Four non-steel strings are easier to tune, easier to play, and suit a lightweight build with no tonering.
The end-result of the conversion is a nice, sweet-sounding banjo-uke with good volume and a wide sound. Its larger rim size (10") also gives it the feeling of a "proper banjo" and the extra real-estate would mean a low-G stringing would sound great on this, too.
Repairs included: a new Remo synthetic head, a good number of (period) replacement hooks, nuts, and shoes for the rim, a replacement tailpiece, fret level/dress and side dots install, plugs for the extra tuner holes at the headstock, install of GraphTech Tune-A-Lele 4:1 geared uke pegs, new bone nut, cleaning, and a setup. The bridge is crazy-tall as the neck angle is so quite good.
Setup notes: action is bang-on at 1/16" at the 12th fret and the neck is straight. It plays fast and easy. Strings are D'Addario flourocarbon,.
Scale length: 14" Nut width: 1 1/8" String spacing at nut: 7/8" String spacing at bridge: 1 5/8" Head diameter: 10" Rim depth: 2 1/4" Rim material: ply maple? Neck wood: mahogany Fretboard: rosewood Bridge: 3/4" maple/ebony Neck feel: medium V-shape, flat board
Condition notes: converted, obviously, for starters -- so replaced head, bridge, and tuners. The neck joint has been modified to bolt-set rather than with the funky original shim-set neck brace (it was fairly useless), too. There's average wear and tear throughout with some flaked-off finish on the treble side of the rim. There are a number of replaced hook/nut/shoe sets on the rim, too.
The GraphTech tuners are a nice choice when retrofitting old instruments to tune better. The nut is new and look! ...this is one of those interesting early instruments with a zero fret that was actually installed correctly. I like those...