Huge Collection - 52 Hi Grade Vintage 5 string Banjos PDF Download

Offering for your enjoyment and edification, a PDF Download containing high quality scans of some of the finest 5 string banjos that have been photographed over the years. Some were fortunate enough to locate and purchase one of the limited edition (only 500 produced) banjo cards showing, in high resolution color photos, the mind-numbing collection of open back banjos assembled by one of the world's most distinguished collectors. Here, in high resolution, is a collection of 52 different high grade 5 strings. The collection has been painstakingly edited to afford a single page view of both the catalog view of the banjo fingerboard and peghead alongside the banjo card full view. I'm making them available digitally in PDF continuous document format. All together there are 52 scans and, as mentioned, each scan shows BOTH the catalog view and the banjo card view in much larger format than the original cards and catalog. I think it was worth the enormous effort.
the FIVE STRING Banjos included are:

George Washburn Vine Inlay ..
J.C. Haynes Baystate fancy engraved pearl
George Washburn tree of life
H.C. Dobson Presentation
A.C. Fairbanks Special Electric No. 6
A.C. Fairbanks Special Electric No. 5
A.C. Fairbanks Whyte Laydie No. 7
Vega Whyte Laydie No. 7
Weymann & Son Vine Inlay
Weymann & Son Presentation Grade inlay
Weymann & Son Double Vine Inlay
N.B. Curtiss Vine Inlay
Bacon Special Grand Concert
Luscomb fancy inlay
W.A. Cole "Butterfly" Eclipse
Buckbee fancy inlay
Ed L. Bailey Continuous Vine Inlay
R.S. Williams Echo 800 vine inlays
H.C. Dobson wood inlaid vine fingerboard
R.C. Williams fancy inlays
Dobson fancy inlay
H.C. Dobson fretless with exceptional pearl inlay
H.C. Dobson fancy floral inlay peghead
Dobson completely pearl inlaid
W.A. Cole Eclipse "Man-in-Moon�
W.A. Cole Eclipse "Butterfly" (2nd variation)
W.A. Cole FANCY & carved
Fairbanks & Cole Fancy inlaid Flush Fret
Dobson FRETLESS with engraved figure inlays
E.C. Dobson fancy star inlays
Dobson multi-piece star inlay peghead
Dobson FRETLESS wood marquetry inlaid fingerboard
C.E. Dobson Great Echo fancy
G.C. Dobson VICTOR PROFESSIONAL
G.C. Dobson VICTOR CONCERT
Dobson w/delicate fancy inlays
J.B. Schall plectrum
J.B. Schall 5 string, w/decorative metal peghead
Vega Whyte Laydie #7 "FERN" peghead
J.B. Schalll 5 string, w/decorative metal
E.C. Dobson fancy inlays
G. Washburn w/fancy peghead
Fred F. Van Eps fancy peghead
C Bobzin fancy 5 string
H.C. Dobson GREAT ECHO
Luscomb 7 string fancy
Lyon & Healy 7 string fancy
G.C. Dobson fancy flush fret
Weymann fancy peghead,carved heel
Rettberg & Lange fancy
G. Washburn Flush Fret carved twist pegs
Dobson early fancy w/geared 5th peg

This was more or less a labor of love prompted by my own frustration with the difficulty of accessing and enjoying these lovely photos in the little 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" color catalog or on the cards. With this PDF document the entire group can easily be viewed on your computer monitor.

Thumbnails I've posted only show small samples. Your PDF contains every sheet in high resolution!

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