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I've been watching this Windsor 'Popular Model 3' and might, maybe, perhaps, chance a bid on it. As I mostly play a zither banjo, I do like the idea of the 5 peg head on an ordinary banjo.
Can anyone tell me what the ring under the head does and is it a feature that can be used to date the banjo?
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Permalink Reply by Richard William Ineson
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I've got a Windsor 'Ambassador Supremus' with the five peg head, it's a good loud banjo and very clean, just a very minor chip to the rear of the peg head which would be easily fixed. You can have it for £150.00. I'll send some photos if you are interested.
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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher
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I would guess that the ring decreases the vibrating area of the vellum resulting in an increase of clarity and a decrease of lower frequency response. More treble, fewer lows and mids.
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Richard, thank you for your offer, however I've decided, not for the first time, that I really can't justify getting another banjo at the moment. I've got a 7 string and a 6 string, both flush frets and a lovely fretless Dallas 5 string, that I'm having made ready to play. Its just not easy to stop looking at the auction listings.
Jody, I thought it might be something like that. I've only seen it on some higher grade Windsors that like this one, are thought to be from the 1920s.
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