{"product_id":"orpheum-style-1-guitar-banjo-1918-4259","title":"Orpheum Style 1 Guitar Banjo (1918)","description":"Orpheum Style 1 Model Guitar Banjo, c. 1918, made in New York City, natural varnish finish, laminated maple rim and neck. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very interesting rarity from New York's Rettberg and Lange, an Orpheum #1 openback banjo-guitar with a full 14\" rim. Fancy shaped pearl inlay on the headstock and fingerboard, multiple wood laminations, and curly maple everywhere -- a fancy instrument by any standard and quite unusual in this 6-string format. Typical Orpheum raised tone ring; the precursor of the Paramount system. This is one of the few extant guitar banjos with a similar sound to the Gibson style GB, famous as Papa Charlie Jackson's favorite instrument.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 36 3\/4 in. (93.3 cm.), 14 1\/8 in. (35.9 cm.) diameter head, and 2 7\/8 in. (7.3 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 1\/2 in. (622 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11\/16 in. (43 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicely preserved, skin head, period style guitar tailpiece. Plays very well. Overall Excellent Condition.","brand":"Orpheum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853274861708,"sku":"4259","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_af295170-c5cb-47c3-b451-498c5e1c850f.jpg?v=1774332737","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/orpheum-style-1-guitar-banjo-1918-4259","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}