This make and model was only produced and sold from 1920 to 1923 as a 'premium' banjo.
It was advertised as 'The Aristocrat of Banjos'. (see photo) In every other way this is a gorgeous player's instrument in terrific playing condition and with a sweet tonality for solo or mandolin orchestral performance. The asking price would be at least 1000 more if not for a head stock repair. The original price back in 1920 was listed as 112.50. Beautiful and beautifully made teens era Lyon & Healy Style A Mandolin. Nickel plated metal parts, natural finish with cherry stain on mahogany neck. The only information I was able to find out about it is that its a 1920 'own make' Lyon & Healy model number 475. Unbound ebony fingerboard and ebony headplate, mother of pearl decoration on headdplate and for position markers. Lyon & Healy started making carved top mandolins sometime around 1912, a little more than a decade after Orville Gibson introduced the new concept to.
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Feel free to message me with any questions. This is a beautiful example of a vintage high end banjo. Every guitar or bass you purchase from Musicians Friend (electric or acoustic, New or Open Box) includes two years of. Mahogany 5-string neck, with carved heel. The inlays are a combination of pewter, brass, and MOP. N/A, built around 1899 by Lyon and Healy in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Though there is no stamping on the dowel stick or label, it has the signature L&H shaped peghead and the lovely L&H Patent tailpiece which confirms the origin. Rumor has it (via the 'Regal Musical Instruments 1895-1955' book) that Regal (then in Indiana) made these for L&H while fancier 'Washburn' L&H products were made in-house by L&H in Chicago. The carved heel and inlays help make this a very attractive instrument. Here is a lovely example of a turn of the century Lyon & Healy 5 String banjo, built circa 1895. c.1895 Lyon & Healy 5-String Banjo This is a Lyon & Healy 5-stringer made around 1895. This is a Lyon & Healy Own Make 4 string Tango banjo (mando) with a 10 3/4 pot, four strings, 13 scale It has a long peghead that is very similar to. It’s had some service and updates, with the addition of modern tuning pegs and a reissue no-knot tailpiece. This Mystic banjo is in excellent playing condition. Manufacturing ceased during the Depression. Lyon and Healy also launched the Washburn brand, using George Lyon’s middle name. However, by 1880, Lyon and Healy broke away from Ditson there weren’t enough instruments available from the East (including from C F Martin) and so they set up manufacturing on their own. The Lyon and Healy firm grew out of an effort by Oliver Ditson – beginning in 1864 – to expand his wholesale musical instrument business into the US Midwest, with a facility in Chicago run by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick J. This instrument features a 30-hook pot, a mahogany neck with carved heel and ebony fingerboard, and lots of mother of pearl inlay. The Celebrated Pollmann Banjos, Guitars, Mandolins and Violins. Here is a lovely 1899 Lyon – Healy Mystic Banjo, in fully playable condition. Anzeigen Advertisements - Lyon & Healy - Martin Guitar.
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