Baldwin Ode Banjo Serial Numbers

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Mother of pearl inlays adorn these two long-neck Ode and Baldwin Ode era banjos with aluminum pots from Boulder, Colorado. The BRC founder has owned the brown banjo since 1971 after buying it from a now prominent folk singer. The black banjo rested in someone’s garage unassembled for almost 40 years until he purchased and restored it.

Although the BRC founder is primarily a bluegrass resonator 5 string musician, the mellow tone of the black banjo makes it ideal for quiet around-the-house picking. Kingdom rush frontiers flash pc download torrent. Check-out below Comments. Adam- Thanks for providing the serial number of the instrument. A brief history: It is generally believed that the center two digits of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture, which is 1978 in your case. The other digits represent the lot number and instrument number, although it is not clear which # is which.

Baldwin bought Ode in 1966, and the name `Ode` was not used for 5 years per sales contract. In 1970, Baldwin moved from Colorado to Arkansas, and Gretsch took over manufacturing Baldwin-Ode banjos, and soon the Baldwin pre-fix was dropped back to just `Ode`. My own 2SR banjo made in 1972 has `Baldwin-Ode` on the peghead. The `2SR` means that it is a style 2 banjo with aluminum rim bearing a (S) standard neck length and an (R) archtop pot. A 2SR Ode banjo from that era has a loud bright and brassy sound and might fetch up to the $800 to $1000 range depending on condition, but the pre-Gretsch banjos are a little more valuable.

Hope this helps, Barry. Barry-thanks again for your fine website. Free full software download. I have an Ode longneck (marked Muse on the dowel stick), SN 1592 in my workshop right now, has been owned by one family since it was new.

Appearance is a bit rough, a fair bit of corrosion on the hardware, and I will have to replace the original Grover open back tuning machines as they simply will not work, but everything else is solid and I intend to keep all else as original as I can. The owner played hell out of it up to the time he passed, so it is full of good music and fine vibes. Based on my limited research, it seems to be very early one, walnut neck with maple center, tension tailpiece, aluminum archtop shell, and the peghead is the curly oneanyway, I am bringing it back to playing condition for the family and would like to know a bit about it.