Paramount Style B Model Tenor Banjo (1928), made in New York City, serial # 8246, natural mahogany finish, laminated maple/mahogany rim, laminated mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
The Style B is a medium-fancy tenor banjos with all the style and construction features of the higher grade Paramounts, just lacking some of the glitz of the top models. Part of the most popular line of jazz-age banjos, the Style B was a midline instrument retailing originally at $150.00-still a lot of money in the 1920's. The shaped pearl inlay on the headstock and fingerboard is extensive but not engraved like the Style c and above. The laminated neck and resonator are fairly plain mahogany, with inlaid wood strips and half-herringbone marquetry along the sides of the fingerboard. All hardware is nickel plated and identical to the higher models. While not as ornate as some, this is a very fine Jazz-age banjo with a sound second to none!
Overall length is 33 3/4 in. (85.7 cm.), 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) diameter head, and 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.). Very fine original condition; some wear and tear to the finish (mostly on the back of the resonator) but overall very nicely preserved. All original finish and hardware, including the oft-missing cast-housing Page tuners. Currently fitted out with a Weatherking plastic head and newer bridge with bone inserts but otherwise a very little-altered instrument. Includes the deluxe Paramount HSC in solid condition. Excellent Condition.
