c.1923 Weymann Tenor Banjo

A nice old Weymann! While not as fancy as many Weymanns, these simple all-maple tenors are definitely not your run-of-the-mill machine. Equipped with a "Little Wonder" style tonering, good quality rim, and the usual Weymann attention to detail, this is a fantastic player with excellent sound, worthy of any aspiring (or gigging) tenor player.

Simple, unadorned headstock, though with an ebony veneer to complement the ebony fretboard. Original bone nut.

Ebony board with pearl dots. Frets are in practically unused condition, though the fretboard had lots of "finger-trails" (dirt) before I cleaned it all up.

Grungy old Remo synthetic head... but it still sounds just dandy after the setup. I think these banjos sound best with the newer Remo Renaissance heads.

What looks like an original maple and ebony two-foot 1/2" bridge and... luckily! ...the original tailpiece, which provides some tension on the strings by a set screw that levers it down on them. Great for adjusting tone to where you want it... you can go from pinging hell-spewing tinny twang to warm bouncy bottom...

Here you can see all that maple.

Original Grover Champion pegs work just fine. Weymann label.

Here's that heel-tightening mechanism...


...and the back of the pot.

Serial dates it to about 1923. I've installed a couple of new holly wedges where the original ebony ones would have been in the neck brace. Same difference.

Side.


Other side.


Tailpiece.


With its original HSC... not bad.


And the usual purple lining...