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Just a note: the Tandy kits had no markings; they were just leather parts, cut to shape and hole-punched, and enough lace to complete, plus...
Looks to me like very likely a kit, such as easily available in the 60s-70s from the Tandy leather Company. Red lacing very possibly dyed leather,...
I can't really tell what is going on there - it is quite possible that in order to make a resonator fit, when it really didn't quite fit, someone...
I'm thinking maybe geese; but no idea as to origin.
Very attractive. I do like miniatures.
Sure. One can learn a lot from books like this, as well as by attending the exhibitions on which they are usually based. Like Komo, I have a copy...
The bend is likely just that the white binding in that area is bent out; an easy fix, unless it has already been glued in that position. One odd...
Lot of nice-looking things, though not my specific area; and perhaps NW Coast items are not really their area either, since lot 5622 is a...
Appears to be a Conn case, that's all I can say.
I'd go with about any type of furniture polish. I'm not real impressed with the piece; form usage is not really correct, and suggests the maker...
I can't say for sure, but doesn't look like a Stella to me; not sure what that other word might be. A pretty basic 4-string or tenor banjo, I'd...
I'm not seeing the wood beneath the head; but there are spots on a banjo where one might add a shim to adjust neck-angle or other clearances; and...
Others have reasonable comments - I'll add that Bacon was a very good name for older instruments, banjos and mandolins - 1920 or such - but by the...
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