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Lyon and Healy

Does anyone have any experience with Banjos from this manufacturer?

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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher 1 hour ago

Lyon & Healy was a huge Chicago music store. They did have a workshop where some banjos (and other string instruments were made) but the L&H name also was put on banjos (etc) that were made by several different makers. The quality was all over the place. Great, good, fair, bad, horrible. I've played about half dozen that I can recall. Most were ok, not-too-bad, nothing exceptional. But I was exposed to a random sampling.

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 5 minutes ago

L&H are still building harps in Chicago. I think their banjos were made by jobbers like Tonk Bro., etc. There were a number of jobbers in the Chicago area throughout the 1880-1920 period. Lots of mandolin makers too. Schall may have made their higher quality banjos.

I have a L&H "Mystic" model, just a basic no frills banjo. Serviceable but nothing special.