Gibson Five-String Banjo
- Description (Brief)
- This five-string banjo was made by Gibson, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan around 1957. It has 24 brackets, a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and pearl dot inlay, maple hoop, and resonator with a golden sunburst finish. This banjo, style RB-100, is stamped with serial number 7075-4. In the late 1950s-early 1960s when a “folk-revival” boom hit the United States, Gibson was one of the few companies still producing banjos.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1957
- maker
- Gibson, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
- Measurements
- overall: 38 in x 14 in x 3 1/4 in; 96.52 cm x 35.56 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0157.01
- accession number
- 1981.0157
- catalog number
- 1981.0157.01
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- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Banjos
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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