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Wasburn Parlor $2500.00 Year: circa 1900s
Condition: AS IS This is a small bodied, pearl trimmed guitar with a pearl vine in the fingerboard. Although it is original in every respect, this instrument is currently in the repair shop for restoration. The neck...
Gibson A style mandolin case $150.00 Year: 1918
Condition: Excellent Case for the Gibson - A style mandolin Measures 10 1/2 inches in diameter, 26 inches in length, and 2 inches in depth. Outside is in great condition with only a few marks. The leather handle is still...
Stromberg Bowlback $550.00 Condition: AS IS This mandolin in a presentation grade instrument from the famed Stromberg Boston workshop. The fingerboard is solid pearl. Unfortunately, the top is collapsing and it has been relegated to a "wall...
African Mbira $299.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: Very Good + African Mbira; this is an ancient, original African instrument purchased from a collection
Unmarked 5-string banjo neck Sale Pending $65.00 Year: circa 1960s
Condition: Very Good This is an unmarked five string neck with truss rod, lag bolts and geared tuners.
Gibson Tenor Banjo Neck $125.00 Condition: Very Good + This is an original 19 fret tenor neck from a Gibson TB-11. Nicely appointed, pearloid peghead, truss rod cove and fingerboard. Original dark blue finish
Grover Guitar Tuners (5 count) $250.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: Excellent Here is a set of five tuners from an older Gibson Jumbo. Great for restoration.
Kluson Guitar Tuners (Set of 6) $250.00 Condition: Excellent Set of 6 Klusson guitar tuners suitable for Gibson guitars
Lange Triple X Rim $299.00 Condition: Excellent All walnut with elaborate tone ring consisting of vertical tubes and a plated brass ring. Great rim for a five string, tenor or plectrum conversion.
Pony Banjo Parlor Banjo $350.00 Year: circa 1880s
Condition: AS IS Old Pony Banjo with a really interesting tailpiece that looks like a tree limb or a vine. Overall length 27.5" Pot diameter 7 5/8". Old torn skin head. No nut and frets are falling out.
Syrian Darbouka $85.00 Condition: AS IS This is a small, silver drum that was handmade in Syrian. The entire drum is hand engraved with flowers and birds and inscribed, "Made in Syria". It measures 8.5" in diameter and stands 13" high. The...
Jamaican Steel drum $29.00 Condition: AS IS This is a colorful steel drum from Jamaica measuring 11" across. Metal is stamped Van Leer- KIN. Nice little tourist item
Russian Balalika $25.00 Condition: AS IS This is a miniature Balalika measuring only 7-3/4" at the base and 13" long. Missing bridge, neck joint loose. Nice decorative object with Russian label
Unmarked Banjo Mandolin $315.00 Year: circa 1971
Condition: AS IS Unmarked banjo mandolin that hasn't been touched in years and years and is somehow playable even before it goes through our shop, which let me tell you lords and ladies, is saying something. ...
African Ngoni $995.00 Year: circa 1800s
Condition: Very Good + This is one of the African ancestors of the banjo. It is an ancient ngoni or xalam from West African in Guinea or Mali. The instrument is comprised of a gourd 17" in length and 7" across. The skin...
Grover Banjo Tuner $125.00 Condition: Excellent This is a single Grover two band tuner with old gold plating and a beautiful mother of pearl button.
Banjo Tuners (set of 4) $100.00 Condition: Excellent This is a set of 4 friction tuners for an early banjo or ukulele. The buttons have and unusual, transparent look to them. Complete with ferules.
Unmarked Sale Pending $75.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: Very Good This is an early tailpiece for a five string banjo. Great for restoration of older Boston made banjos. It will need a tailpiece hanger to make it complete.
Japanese Qin Qin (Sanxian) $75.00 Year: circa 1960s
Condition: AS IS This is an attractive instrument that is suitable as a wall ornament. The closest looking instrument we could find is a Sanxian but we have recently been informed that it is technically a qin qin....
Regal Octofone Deluxe $995.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: AS IS The Octophone was marketed by Regal in the late 1920s as "eight instruments in one". It has a scale length around 21" and can be used as a double-strung tenor guitar or octave mandolin. We have had...
Martin Coffin Case $750.00 Condition: Good Martin Style 1 Size 21 case. Still has loft in purple interior padding and original label stating size. We tried fitting a style size 26 Martin in this case too and it fit just fine.
Eze Tune $45.00 Year: circa 1910s
Condition: Very Good This is an interesting banjo tailpiece from the Dixieland days. It has four adjustiong screws for fine tuning the instrument.
Mandolin Tailpiece $45.00 Year: circa 1900s
Condition: Very Good Nickel plated tailpiece for early mandolin most likely of the Neapolitan persuasion.
Banjo Tuners Set of 4 $85.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: Excellent This is a set of 4 tuners suitable for a banjo from the classic period. These would be suitable for banjos by Fairbanks, Stewart, Vega, Weymann. They are complete with grained, ivoroid buttons
Grover Guitar Tuners Set of 6 $300.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: Excellent Here is an early set of tuners suitable for older Gibson or Martin guitar. NOTE: ONE MISSING BUTTON
Unmarked Wrench $50.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: Very Good Old banjo wrench suitable for 1920s banjos.
Kerschner Style tailpiece $65.00 Year: circa 2000s
Condition: Very Good This is a gold plated, Kerschner style REPRODUCTION tailpiece.
Tuner Buttons 4 count $100.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: Excellent Original buttons found on banjos from 1890. These look great when fitted to modern, geared tuners. PRICE IS FOR ALL FOUR.
Grover Guitar Tuners $95.00 Year: circa 1960s
Condition: Excellent Here are 5, gold plated Grover Imperial tuners with stair step buttons. Great for restoration.
Weymann Banjo Tuners $250.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: Excellent This is a set of four gear 4:1 tuners used on Weymann banjos in the 1920s They are the type that fit flush into recesses in the back of the headstock. Complete with original ivoroid buttons. Nickel...
Gibson L-5S Tailpiece $375.00 Year: circa 1980s
Condition: Excellent This in an original gold plated tailpiece for a Gibson L-5S thin solid body guitar. Somehow it found its way on a Gibson ES-125TDC/
Champion Style Banjo Tuners (4) $75.00 Year: circa 1900s
Condition: Excellent Set of 4 Champion tuners with black, celluloid buttons. These are suitable for banjos from 1900-1920
Gibson A-50 $799.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: AS IS This is a good, A style mandolin with sunburst finish spruce top. There is one top crack and the back is separated in a few spots. It is complete with raised pickguard, and truss rod. This...
Il Globo Neapolitan Style $275.00 Year: circa 1900s
Condition: AS IS This is an Italian made, round back mandolin in need of restoration. This instrument is made in the style of the Calaces and other small makers of the day. The instrument has 18 Rosewood ribs with a...
Unmarked Banjo Tailpiece $50.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: Excellent This is a better quality, original tailpiece for an early five string banjo. It bears a patent date of Mar. 6 1890 and it is complete with the tailpiece hanger. The base is a heavy piece of nickel...
Unmarked Banjo Tailpiece $40.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: Excellent This is a good quality, original tailpiece for an early five string banjo. It is complete with the tailpiece hanger. The base is a orne piece of nickel plated brass that is bent over with cutouts for...
Five String Banjo Tailpiece $55.00 Year: circa 1880s
Condition: Very Good + This is an early metal tailpiece measuring 1-1/2" in length and consisting of five "nubs" as on no knot tailpieces as well as a "T" for holding the strings down. It is complete with the hanger and is...
Planet Banjo Tuners $275.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: Excellent + Set of 4 nickel-plated pre-war planetary tuners with small shaft and ivoroid buttons. These are hard to find and perfect to use on that early 1900s A. C. Fairbanks, Vega or Bacon banjo that came...
Gibson Style Flat Head Tone Ring $300.00 Year: circa 1990s
Condition: Excellent + This is a good, heavy 20 hole flat head tone ring suitable for a Gibson style banjo. It is unmarked. The gold plating is perfect.
Vega Tubaphone RIM $750.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: Excellent Vega tubaphone pot with new frosted head. All bolts and nuts are reproduction. No dowel. This particular head is great as it can be used as a a tenor or as a 5 string conversion. $750 AS IS or...
Galizie Sordoni As issimo Sale Pending $99.00 Year: circa 1960s
Condition: AS IS Galizie Soprani 41 key accordion blood pearly red. Well worn and loved, well sort of well. This baby is dangerous. Dangerous. Chordal keys are stuck and need repairing, $50-$75 estimate. The...
Wm. Cole mandolin banjo $399.00 Year: circa 1910s
Condition: AS IS 8-3/4 inch wooden rim with tone ring. There is some minor delamination and one hook and nut are missing; includes hard to find neck brace; this would make a very nice conversion to 5 string or set it...
Unmarked piccolo $650.00 Year: circa 1870s
Condition: AS IS A miniature banjo made of a coconut shell; five string neck with colorful "Tunbridgeware" decoration; rosewood tuners, bone tailpiece
Keychord $599.00 Year: circa 1930s
Condition: AS IS Full sized tenor banjo made by the Stromberg Voisenett Co.; a true gem of American invention, fingerboard equipped with 21 buttons used to form chords, eliminates the need for musical ability but...
Klusson Single Ring $99.00 Year: circa 1956
Condition: Very Good This is an original Klusson tuner as found on early Gibson Les Paul guitars. In the parlance of the time it is referred to as a "No line, Single Ring with Pat Applied stamp". This is a bass side...
Bacon Style C $1250.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: AS IS Extremely rare model with carved top and back equivalent to the Gibson oval hole mandolins of the day. This would make and excellent classical or Old Timey instrument. It is complete with no...
Eastman Archtop Guitar $20.00 Condition: New Tailpiece for archtop guitar in the style of ES-350. Gold plated, bent steel wire, and brass cross-piece with raised diamond.
August Pollman $1250.00 Year: circa 1880s
Condition: AS IS RARE variant of the mandoline-banjo with 6 strings and all tuners in the peghead; tear drop shaped body with spruce top; Slightly bowed neck but 120 years of patina
A. Stradivarious $99.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: AS IS Nice, 3/4 violin made in Czech republic; no cracks to the body or neck; needs tailpiece, nut, bridge and set up.
Unmarked Banjo rim $295.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: AS IS A 1930s no name rim. The rim has a full resonator with wooden flange. has dowel stick, but no neck. Rim has a good head on it and all hardware.
Unmarked 5-String $1199.00 Year: circa 1890s
Condition: AS IS Extremely ornate banjo with very fancy celluloid floral inlays in every fret position. The neck has long laminations of mahogany and maple. The peghead is an extremely unusual shape with five prongs...
Unmarked Buskers fiddle $599.00 Year: circa 1920s
Condition: Very Good Carved head atop a long, single string mahogany neck. The body consists of a rosewood bowl constructed of individual staves and a spruce top with f holes. The instrument is bowed like a violin but...