Vega Style M 17 fret tenor banjo approx 1926, made in Boston, Mass., serial # 76443. Lightly shaded maple finish, laminated maple neck and rim, ebony fingerboard. This is a fine-sounding  Vega Tu-Ba-Phone tenor banjo, the Style M. It has a short 21″ scale fingerboard. 

The rim has the standard Tu-Ba-Phone features with the bracket band around the outer edge and the elaborate tone ring built on a hollow brass tube. The bound ebony fingerboard has fairly simple pearl inlay, while the headstock bears a delicate nouveau-styled Vega logo inlay. This Style M has a smaller 10 – 15/16″rim than earlier examples, giving it a slightly brighter sound. 
 
This banjo is almost 100 years old and is in excellent original condition. The varnish finish and nickel plating are in excellent condition throughout. The neck is straight with low playing action and the frets are all good. Fitted with a Remo fibre skin head which usually gives a duller bassier sound, but not in the case with this banjo. The banjo sounds bright with good sustain.

The original hard case is included, fairly worn but still functional.