Banjo 040 ~ Elderly Instruments ~

Prairieville Model.  This is one of a set of two prototypes for this model.  The Prairieville model has a shapely peghead, it's beautiful in a quiet way.  It has a laminated neck with colored veneers running up each side of the center strip, under the peghead, fingerboard and heel cap.  It comes with a standard shaped heel, frailing scoop, a 25.5” scale, a double action truss-rod and a Scalloped Bone nut.  Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay.  The peghead has the traditional Flower Pot look but look close the pot has an inlay of a Lady holding a pot herself.  The fingerboard has flowers as position markers.  An 11” x 1/2" two-ply rim with a brass hoop for a tone ring.  5-star tuning pegs.  Pearl side dots, a no-knot tailpiece and a Renaissance Head.