Antique 1890 Buckbee 5 String Banjo, Very well setup and ready to play.

Description

Please visit my
very informative web page about Theresa Vaughn,
Buckbee banjos and early Broadway.
This banjo is an antique 1890 Buckbee.  World wide shipping available. Banjo comes with a custom beautiful black canvas case lined in red velvet and closes with 4 large brass snaps. This is how Buckbee cases where made. Our cases have the exact signatures of Theresa Vaughn and John H. Buckbee Jr. embroidered on top with glossy white thread. This banjo comes with my two book set: "Miss Theresa Vaughn", "Theresa Vaughn, the Broadway years" and a Gold-plated Buckbee replica bronze wrench key (see images).
Some free online teaching available. 19th Century banjo, as Theresa likely played, is VERY easy and enjoyable to learn. I believe in just one hour you can easily learn to play songs from her time and also Rogers and Hammerstein tunes that came after her.. even if you are a beginner!  I see those R+H tunes to be direct descendants of Theresa's influence on Broadway in the 1890's.
Theresa transformed Broadway and theater paving the way to R+H from the earlier Appalachian and minstrel music.
Theresa introduced Broadway to the banjo ( Buckbee).
A wonderful retired surgeon and lover of banjos helped me to reproduce Buckbee Gold-plated bronze wench keys. He carved a wood copy from photos I had and donated it to this project for casting in bronze.
The wrench key has an opening to accept a chain if you want to use it as a necklace or bracelet pendant.