Two "The Dayton" Banjos
Ca. 1910 - 1914
The Banjo Mandolin is elegant and substantial and is manufactured
by The Dayton String Instrument Co. and is #1506
Note the metal plate on the heel and the holes in the tension hoop
to which the brackets attach
The Five String banjo is much earlier being manufactured by Chas.
B. Rauch and is #809 (The "The Dayton" mandolins pictured on
their page in The Museum have serial numbers of #1124 and #1125)
It shares the same tension hoop holes of the banjo mandolin and the
laminated rim design and peghead inlay. It also has a fingerboard extension giving it 26
frets.
But ... it has a metal head !!
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Contact:
Lowell Levinger
Players Vintage Instruments
415-669-1107