Banjo Archive
All of the banjos listed in these pages are sold and are listed as a reference to the famous makers of the vintage banjo era. For anyone new to playing the Irish tenor banjo I hope the information and photos listed here will give you some background/knowledge to the great makers of the 1920’s and beyond. I have done most of the restoration work to them unless otherwise stated. Please note that the new Pure Banjo website is still in early development and will take time to populate these links with info and photos. Thank you for your ungoing support and enjoy the photos in the meantime!
Standard Scale Tenor Banjos
- Deering Sierra (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Beltone Artist
- Majestic Art-i-So Rosewood (19 Fret) Tenor banjo
- 1978 Gibson TB250 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style F (Gold Plated) Tenor Banjo
- 1926 Gibson TB3 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Concert Deluxe ‘Art’ Dragon Head (20 Fret) tenor banjo
- Paramount (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Style 4 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Leader (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Clareen Elite (gold plated 1990’s model) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Super Paramount Artist Supreme (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style F (gold plated) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Vega Vegaphone Professional (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style B (walnut model/nickel plated) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Framus (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Vegaphone Artist (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1925 Epiphone Concert Art (Dragon Head model) 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Gibson Mastertone (19 fret) Tenor banjo
- Framus Deluxe (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Jedson (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day Silverbell N0.1 Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Knight Top Tension (19 Fret) Tenor banjo
- Stromberg Marimba (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Gibson TB4 Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- ODE Baldwin Style C (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Peerless (19 fret Tenor Banjo)
- 1920’s Majestic Regina 19 fret tenor banjo
- Aria flathead Tonering (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Little Wonder (19 fret) Tenor banjo
- Parajim (Paragon reproduction) 19 fret Tenor Banjo
- Open back Maple (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Artist Deluxe (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Gretsch Orchestra (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Ozark (maple Mastertone style) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Paramount Style A (19 fret) tenor banjo
- 1929 Bacon & Day Rhythm King N0.3 (19 fret) tenor banjo
- Bacon & Day Special N0.1 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Whyte Laydie Style R (17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Orchestra Style A (mahogany model 19 fret) tenor banjo
- Vega Vegaphone (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style C (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Dave Boyle 19 fret Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Peerless (19 fret Tenor Banjo)
- Vega Artist (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- B&D Silver Bell N0.1 (extended fretboard) tenor banjo
- Vega Vegaphone (19 fret tenor) banjo
- Epiphone Alhambra Recording (19 fret) tenor banjo
- Weymann 2 Orchestrella (tiger maple model) (19 fret) tenor banjo
- Paragon Top Tension Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Clifford Essex Paragon top tension 17 fret tenor banjo
- Paramount Style Leader (Brazilian rosewood) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Framus Contessa (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- ODE Baldwin 1967 Style D | gold plated (19 fret) tenor banjo
- Grafton Clipper (19 fret) Tenor Banjo with Tubaphone tonering
- OME Monarch (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Aristocrat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Vegaphone Artist (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style A (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style D (Holly model/silver plated) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Stelling Staghorn Tenor Banjo, Gold Plated (19 Fret)
- Vega Artist Style X N0.9 Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Paramount Style C Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Paramount Aristocrat (Gold Plated) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Epiphone Recording A (19 Fret) Walnut Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Double Dragon Deluxe Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- 1930 Paramount (19 fret) Tenor banjo
- Majestic ‘Bell’ model (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo (rosewood)
- Iida Mastertone Tenor Banjo (19 fret) gold plated
- Ibanez Artist Series (blonde maple) (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Framus Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Maybell Style B Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Paramount Style C (carved heel) 19 fret tenor banjo
- Epiphone Concert Special (19 Fret) Tenor banjo (Holly wood)
- Paramount Style B (Maple model/nickel plated) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Vega Vegaphone Professional (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Clifford Essex Paragon CE (17 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Majestic Deluxe (nickel plated) Brazillian rosewood (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Little Wonder (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo (blonde, with flange plates & piecrust resonator)
- William Lange ‘Langstile model 2’ (17 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Lucci Style 2 Sinfonica (Rosewood) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Bacon & Day Super (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1920’s Epiphone Recording A birdseye maple (20 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- David Prat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- OME Jupiter (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day Senorita (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Super Paramount Artists Professional (walnut model) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Aristocrat (walnut model/gold plated) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Vega Artist (carved heel) Gold Plated 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Majestic Deluxe (gold plated) Brazillian rosewood (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Ibanez Artist (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style C (Mahogany/carved heel) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Bacon Symphonie Silver Bell (gold plated) Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Maya (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- David Prat Openback 5 String Banjo
- 1920’s Epiphone Alhambra (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day SilverBell No.1 (Extended Fretboard)
- 1928 Bacon & Day Silver Bell N0.2 (extended fretboard)
- Bacon & Day Silverbell
- Aria (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Dragon ‘Concert Art’ Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style C with carved heel (19 Fret)
- Epiphone Peerless (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1930 Bacon & Day Senorita with Rickard Silver Bell Tone Ring
- Bacon Style C Short Scale (17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Model 140 (18 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Orchestra Style 2 Tenor Banjo
- Vega Vegaphone Professional (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1924 Paramount Leader (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Clareen Special (custom made shortscale) 17 Fret Tenor Banjo
- 1925 Gretsch Orchestrella Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Bacon & Day Montana Silverbell (17 fret)
- Vega Style X N0.9
- 1927 Paramount Style E (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1925 SS Stewart Wondertone Deluxe (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1924 Bacon & Day Silver Bell N0.1 (17 Fret) Short scale tenor banjo
- 1928 Epiphone Style A (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Slingerland Maybell (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style C (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1926 Bacon & Day Silverbell N0.1 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1930 CE Paragon 19 fret tenor banjo
- Majestic Deluxe (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1920’s Epiphone Recording Alhambra (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day Special N0.2 Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- 1928 Paramount Aristocrat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Style A (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- William Lange Triple X (17 Fret) short scale Tenor Banjo
- Vega Little Wonder (19 fret) (blonde maple) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Rialto (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1930 Paramount Aristocrat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Concert (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Emerald Paragon (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo (Gold Plated)
- John Grey (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Aristocrat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo (Gold Plated)
- Epiphone Peerless Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Paramount Aristocrat (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo (Gold Plated)
- Paramount Leader (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Concert Special (holly wood model) 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Vega Style X N0.9 Artist Edition (extended fret board)
- Paramount Style B (19 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Vega Little Wonder (17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Abbott Monarch N0.2 (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- 1931 CE Paragon 17 fret (short scale) tenor banjo
- Majestic Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Epiphone Concert
- Epiphone Concert Deluxe
- 1920’s Epiphone Style A, Walnut with Style 2 bronze tone ring (19 fret)
- Deering Goodtime (17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Goldtone Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Leader Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day ‘Art-i-So’ Tenor Banjo (19 Fret) similar to Silver Bell
- Maybell 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Orchestra 2 (extended fret board) Tenor Banjo
- Orpheum Special N0.3 Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Clareen Setanta Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Langstile Deluxe Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Liberty Tenor Banjo (mid 20’s) 19 fret
- 1928 Bacon & Day Silver Bell N0.2 (extended fretboard)
- 1926 Epiphone Recording ‘Dragon Head’ (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Orchestra N0.2 Tenor Banjo (19 fret)
- Bacon & Day Style 2 tenor banjo 19 fret
- 1924 Paramount Leader Tenor Banjo
- 1930 Vega Vegaphone Professional (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon Supertone Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style A Tenor Banjo (19 Fret)
- Epiphone Style A short scale Tenor Banjo
- Epiphone Bandmaster Style B Tenor Banjo
- Late 20’s Epiphone Style A 19 fret tenor banjo
- Vega Professional Vegaphone (19 Fret)
- 1920’s Vega Soloist Tenor Banjo (19 Fret) gold plated
- Majestic ‘Brazillian Rosewood Model’ 19 fret tenor banj0
- Slingerland Night Hawk 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Vega Tubaphone Professional 19 fret tenor banjo
- Ibanez Artist 19 fret tenor banjo (maple)
- 1925 Weymann 150 Tenor Banjo
- Goldtone Custom made 19 fret Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day Silver Bell N0.1 Tenor Banjo 1925 Paramount Style C Tenor Banjo
- Bacon & Day Super N0.2 Tenor Banjo with silverbell tone ring
- Framus (black edition) 19 fret tenor banjo
- 1928 Weymann Orchestra Style 4 (19 Fret) Gold Plated
- Vega Professional Tenor Banjo 19 Fret
- Orpheum N0.1 17 Frets Tenor Banjo (open Back)
- Emerald Labasheeda G2 Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- 1920’s Leedy Solo Tone Style C (gold plated)
- Vintage Majestic Professional 19 fret tenor banjo
- 1920’s vintage Art-i-so made by Majestic (19 fret) tenor banjo
- Gibson Mastertone (19 Fret) tenor banjo (post war)
- 1920’s Orpheum Short neck (17 Fret to rim) tenor banjo (12″ pot open back)
- 1927 Bacon & Day Rhythm King vintage tenor banjo
- Framus Nashville 19 fret tenor banjo
- Gold Tone IT-250R (17 fret) tenor banjo
- 1922 Vega Tubaphone 20 fret tenor banjo with extended fret board
- Vega Artist Professional (1970’s made by Martin Company USA)
- Paramount Style D (19 Fret) Tenor Banjo
- Majestic Vintage 4 String Tenor Archtop Banjo (19 fret)Martin | Vega Tenor Banjo 1970’s
- Vega Professional Short Scale Tenor Banjo
- Deering Maple Blossom Tenor Banjo 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- 1927 Bacon & Day Silver Bell Tenor Banjo 19 fret
- Gremlin Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Leader 19 fret Tenor Banjo
- Weymann Orchestra Style 2 Tenor Banjo
- Bacon Style B (Short Scale 17 fret)
- Epiphone Openback Tenor Banjo (Short Scale 17 Fret)
- Weymann Style 1 Orchestra 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Style C Tenor Banjo 19 Fret
- William Lange 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Richelieu 19 fret Tenor Banjo (figured maple)
- Vega Little Wonder 19 fret Tenor Banjo
- Paramount Leader 19 fret Tenor Banjo (Brazilian Rosewood)
- Paramount Style C Tenor Banjo 19 Fret (Sold)
- Ludwig Dixie Tenor Banjo 19 Fret
- Vega Little Wonder 19 Fret Tenor Banjo
- Jedson Tenor Banjo 19 fret
- Hand Made vintage (1930’s) Paramount Style Tenor Banjo
- B&D Senorita Pifer (Limited Edition)
- Bacon & Day (B&D) Silver Bell N0.1 Special
- Ibanez Artist Professional 19 Fret
- Ludwig ‘Dixie’ Tenor Banjo 19 Fret
- Bacon and Day ‘Silver Bell N0.2’ Tenor Banjo 19 Fret
- Barnes & Mullin Tenor Banjo 19 fret
Short Scale Tenor Banjos
- Hand Built Short Scale Tenor Banjo (Sold)
- Paramount Style B (17 fret) short scale Tenor Banjo
- Bacon Blue Ribbon Deluxe short scale tenor banjo (top of the line range)
- Vega Little Wonder Tenor Banjo (17 fret) openback
- Deering | Vega Little Wonder (17 fret) tenor banjo
- Orpheum Custom Special (Short Scale 17 Fret)
- Washburn Style A Tenor Banjo (short scale)
- Clareen Special (Short Scale 17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Orpheum N0.1 (Short Scale 17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Bacon ‘Style C’ Tenor Banjo 17 Fret
- Langstile N0.3 Tenor Banjo 17 Fret
- Deering Sierra 17 fret tenor banjo
- Orpheum N0.1 (Short Scale 17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- Deering (top of the range) 17 fret tenor banjo
- Gretsch “LAYDIE BELLE” 17 Fret Irish Tenor Banjo
- Vega Whyte Laydie Style R (17 fret) Tenor Banjo (Sold)
- 1930 Bacon Style C 17 fret tenor banjo with vega piecrust resonator (Sold)
- Bacon Style C (17 Fret) with resonator & flange
- Majestic 17 Fret tenor banjo (Sold)
- Custom made 17 fret open-back tenor banjo (Sold)
- Sully 17 Fret openback Tenor Banjo (flathead tonering) (Sold)
- Orpheum N0.1 (17 Fret) Tenor Banjo with resonator (Sold)
- William Lange Triple X 17 Fret tenor Banjo (sold)
- Vega N0.9 Style X 17 Fret tenor banjo (Sold)
- 1920’s Epiphone Recording A (17 Fret custom neck) (sold)
- Vega Syle X N0.9 (17 fret) Tenor Banjo
- William Lange (Paramount Company) Langstile N0.3 (17 Fret) tenor banjo open back (sold)
- Bacon & Day Super (17 Fret) tenor banjo (Sold)
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