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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 348314, member: 55&quot;]As others have indicated, it is an older banjo, not of real high quality (Harmony was mentioned, a US maker of beginner-quality instruments, and that would be one possibility, but there were so many companies that it could be pretty hard to pin down.) You might try posting in a banjo forum...oh, you did.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d go with American, maybe 1910-1930, or 1920-1940, somewhere around there.&nbsp; By the 1920s, 5-strings were being largely supplanted by 4-string banjos, and the 5-string didn&#039;t come back into vogue until somewhat later, though at most times there were some of each being made.</p><p>The four remaining tuners are friction-type, not geared, another indication of a lower-quality instrument.&nbsp; As noted, the fifth-string tuner is missing, and some of the brackets are loose.</p><p>Banjos are much more mechanical than most instruments, and can be repaired or adjusted with wrench and screwdriver, unlike most instruments.&nbsp; If you note the attachment method of the brackets that are still attached, you should be able to reattach the loose ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; There could be missing parts, nuts, and such, but those are fairly easy to source, like the missing tuner.</p><p>The name on the head would be the brand-name of the head, and wouldn&#039;t shed any light on the maker.</p><p>Having around 30 brackets indicates a somewhat better instrument, towards the upper end of entry-level; I&#039;ve seen older Harmony banjos that only had 6-8 brackets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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