Banjos

Instruments

Smithsonian Music

A look at the many banjos in the Smithsonian Collections.

Gibson Five-String Banjo, used by Wade Ward

Banjo, Lindbergh, King Collection

Bacon Tenor Banjo

American Five-String Banjo

Huron Mountain Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

Teed Six-String Banjo

Gibson Tenor Banjo

Stewart Five-String Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Frances Chenoweth

Fairbanks Five-String Banjo

Thompson Artillery Shell Banjo

Vega Tenor Banjo

American Four-String Fretless Banjo

Tin Pan Fretless Banjo

Hammig Five-String Fretless Banjo

American Five-String Fretless Piccolo Banjo

Mayse Five-String Fretless Banjo

Vega Tu-ba-phone Banjo

Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Vivian Hayes

Vega-Vox IV Tenor Banjo

Boucher Five-String Fretless Banjo

Mather Five-String Fretless Banjo

Ashborn Five-String Fretless Banjo

Creed Five-String Fretless Banjo, used by Fred Cockerham

Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr.

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