Comment by SWCooper on June 21, 2011 at 18:46

You know, I'm beginning to harbor a dark suspicion about this banjo. My husband said it looked more like a piece of furniture (it's very heavy, and it's oak), and I thought, "you know, this does look a whole lot like a piano stool..."

 

Actually, I think that would be hilarious.

Comment by Sylvia on June 21, 2011 at 21:31

Never like a piano stool , but the rim carving looks like the carving you would see in a church or cathedral, you know the sort of thing you would see in the choir stalls or whatever.......although come to think of it..........

Comment by David Wade on June 22, 2011 at 5:57

I have a three legged stool in oak that has a Yorkshire Rose (obviously) in the middle. What perhaps is unusual is that the carving isn't extend to the heel. No worries oak has mass, mass = sustain just what you need in a z-b.

Comment by Richard William Ineson on June 22, 2011 at 7:29

I've never seen a zither banjo like this one, but I will have a look through the archives and see what turns up. It looks to be of good quality and the carving is lovely, you seem to have saved it from a hard life. Cammeyer used oak as the carcase wood (as was customary in cabinet making) on a lot of his zither banjos, and then they were heavily veneered in exotic woods and cross banded; they look like fine antique furniture.

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