Here is my father's 5 string banjo
It is a Windsor Zither Banjo, specifically the Artiste Model 3 manufactured c1920
The metal plate on the heel reads "The New Windsor Patent Zither Banjo
A O. Windsor, 94 Newhall St. Birmingham, England "
Research tells me it is made of Brazilian rosewood with maple and ebony trim and a mahogany neck
The fingerboard has 22 frets. It is strung with 5 strings, the 5th string goes through a tunnel from fifth fret to the headstock
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