Comment by marc dalmasso on June 20, 2011 at 5:35

The tailpiece is exactly the same you can find on some early 1900 ' clifford essex special banjos ; Yet you mounted the steel strings  upside  the bar and  there are supposed to be downside

Comment by thereallyniceman on June 20, 2011 at 7:23

Here is a very poor photo of an early Clifford Essex tailpiece. You can just about see that the strings go under the bar on the 'Lyre" tailpiece, as Marc said in his post. It may be that yours is different.

Comment by SWCooper on June 20, 2011 at 11:36

The strings came with and were totally wrong (not just steel, but all the same heavy gauge except the heavier wound D). They're off, new strings from Clifford Essex on the way.

 

Thanks for the tip about stringing them under, though. I think the tailpiece was rattling against the head a bit, and that would lift it up a bit. Not close enough to *be* a Clifford Essex, though, is it?

Comment by marc dalmasso on June 20, 2011 at 12:37

here ' s a photo of my early CE special ' tailpiece

Comment by SWCooper on June 20, 2011 at 13:06

Wow! That is close!

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