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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 2904935, member: 84"]I found this old banjo at a local thrift store yesterday. It's made by Harmony & I'm guessing it's from the 60's?</p><p>Inside the resonator there is a circular mark that looks like it's in Japanese - can anyone tell me what it says? I googled harmony banjo made in Japan & found 1 listing that said theirs was too, but Wikipedia & other sites on harmony make it seem like they were all made in Chicago?</p><p>I thought maybe it was a resonator from a different banjo because it wasn't attached when I bought (held on by screws) & is missing 1 small wood block w/a screw hole - but the holes line up perfectly on the banjo and the resonator.</p><p>Any info would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]285860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 2904935, member: 84"]I found this old banjo at a local thrift store yesterday. It's made by Harmony & I'm guessing it's from the 60's? Inside the resonator there is a circular mark that looks like it's in Japanese - can anyone tell me what it says? I googled harmony banjo made in Japan & found 1 listing that said theirs was too, but Wikipedia & other sites on harmony make it seem like they were all made in Chicago? I thought maybe it was a resonator from a different banjo because it wasn't attached when I bought (held on by screws) & is missing 1 small wood block w/a screw hole - but the holes line up perfectly on the banjo and the resonator. Any info would be appreciated. [ATTACH=full]285860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]285869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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