Here is a beautiful tenor banjo I have spent 9 years restoring. The following is a list of work I've performed on this piece. RESONATOR: The outer white trim has been replaced along the circumference. The Walnut "eye" was replaced in the mother of pearl center. NECK: I replaced the inner white and outer walnut neck binding. Mother of pearl side markers along the neck. Installed, Leveled and polished all brand-new frets. Replaced the following position markers-#1,4,5,6,7,8 have been hand cut in their original format. #2 and #3are reinstalled originals. New Waverly planetary tuners were installed. $120- The last Mahogany veneer of 4 on the heel plate was replaced. Heel plate lined with felt. As well as mating notch to the inner frame. METAL PIECES : The outer bezel The inner tone ring Outer rim Tail piece ( I made a lower portion out of tool steel and assembled it with a brass bolt.This stopped the leaning of the original foot that let tuning wander) Original Elton arm guard All Chrome plated-not nickel plated from a high end local classic car restoration garage an investment of $500 alone. There is a new natural goat skin head I put on when I finished the restoration. I like the warmth of the period sound but Isn't fitting to the Irish sound of tighter decay and cutting notes, I recently put on a Fiberskyn head which is great to stabilize the action as a synthetic does but offers a little warmth and mutes the decay and allows for cutting volume without being too bright. So you have the best of both worlds in heads. The original chord book from the same time period comes with the banjo. A new TKL hard case comes with the instrument. $180-
The inside laminate work that you can see through the holes in the bezel is beautiful and I wanted that to be evident so I took pictures of the Banjo dis assembled. The pot takes a 11 1/8" head with a high crown and the head-nut width is 1 1/8"
