Banjo #4

24 1/2" scale length walnut and cherry neck with rosewood fingerboard and peghead veneer. Finished with pure beeswax, heat impregnated into the wood.
Inlayed brass ring side position markers.

1/4" brass rod tone-ring, raised on brads over scalloped, 10ply thin maple rim.

African goatskin head.

Handmade tension hoop.
18 flat-hook tensioners with raw brass shoes.

Grover tuners.

Fielding tailpiece.


In this sound sample the skin head is slightly dampened with a cloth under the dowel-stick, behind the bridge.
I'm interested to try this rim out with a plastic head and compare tones.