Offered for sale:
Used c1931 Weymann Style 50 Tenor Banjo serial number 46730.
This tenor banjo is in very good condition. The neck and frets are fine, cosmetically showing playing time with numerous marks and nicks primarily on the back. This amount of patina is not unusual for an instrument this age. This is an unrestored banjo and all elements of the design and construction present well.
The resonator is mahogany and the headstock overly is a beautiful piece of Brazilian rosewood.
One of the 21 tension rods is missing.
The 1931 Weymann 50 4-string Tenor banjo is listed in the 1930 catalogue. H.W. Weymann died in 1930. It was the entry model but it does have the megaphonic rim which is its most important feature. The Weymann megaphonic rim is what gives Weymann’s their unique sound.
It is among the best sounding banjos of the period, very warm and almost mellow by comparison. Banjos can be harsh because they had to cut through the brass on early recordings and live on stage.
This is verbatim from a Weymann advertisement:
Weymann Tenor Banjo
Style No.50
23-inch scale $50.00 19 frets
Including case
The most remarkable value in banjos today. Has the famous Weymann megaphonic rim, with specially constructed mahogany tone resonator. Beautifully finished. Resonator non-detachable. Brackets adjusted through openings in resonator. Equipped with friction pegs. Center opening case of gross-grained veneer shell, keratol covered, fleece lining.
Collect it, play it, these don’t come along very often.
Original hard-shell case included.
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