Vivian Hayes’ Gibson Tenor Banjo
Vivian Hayes’ Gibson Tenor Banjo
- Description (Brief)
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This four-string banjo was made by the Gibson, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1927. It is a Mastertone TB-5 short neck tenor banjo and is stamped serial number 8693-1. This banjo was custom made for vaudevillian performer Vivian Chenoweth Hayes with jeweled accents on the peghead and inscribed with “Vivian.”
- Vivian Hayes toured with her husband Ed Hayes and sister Frances as "Ed Hayes and His Banjo Girls" from 1927-1930.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1927
- user
- Hayes, Vivian Chenoweth
- maker
- Gibson, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
- Measurements
- overall: 32 in x 13 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 81.28 cm x 34.925 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0481.01
- accession number
- 1992.0481
- catalog number
- 1992.0481.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of the family of Vivian Chenoweth Hayes
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- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Banjos
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
