Serial # 9261-8 from a batch of Granada tenor banjos with 40 hole raised head tone rings. Possibly from a custom order, this is a fine condition excellent quality banjo suitable for professional use on stage or in the studio. The walnut neck is a five string conversion with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, wreath inlay, wreath peghead inlay, marquetry on back of peghead, greenish pearloid edge trim. Style 5 Deluxe resonator beautifully figured walnut with wood purfling and greenish pearloid trim, resonator has been oversprayed. Tension hoop, flange, tailpiece, and armrest dating from circa 1926. Original Gibson Mastertone peghead overlay. From the collection of noted banjoist, luthier, and bridge maker, the late Snuffy Smith who keenly named this gem "RALPH".