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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 1890251, member: 55&quot;]Not generally called a bandoline, in my experience; banjolin is used, or mandolin-banjo or banjo-mandolin.&nbsp; But yes, strung and tuned like a mandolin. Banjos are pretty easy to repair, does need a bridge and skin head as blooey mentioned; set up is not hard, but can be tricky if you&#039;ve never worked on a banjo (you likely need shims of various sorts to adjust the neck angle so string height is normal).&nbsp; This appears to have a metal hoop or tone-ring as part of the skin head, and again, that can make installation of a new head tricky if you&#039;ve never done it before; the skin needs to be stretched around the tone-ring, then tightened into place and tensioned without losing the placement of the ring.</p><p>Also at least one of the tensioning hooks is missing; replacements are available, but likely won&#039;t match exactly.</p><p>No clue as to maker, but likely US made, circa 1900-1920.</p><p>British mandolin-banjos of that time tend to use a different style of pot and head, and are not technically banjos at all, by some definitions, though the distinction is hyper-technical.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of mine, an English one of about that time; note that the neck on this one does not actually attach to the drum, but to a bowl-like wooden-structure which holds the drum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]244564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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