Banjolin

Here is an instrument that you don't see too often in playable condition. I just finished working on this for a customer. It is a banjo/mandolin combination, often called a banjolin. It is tuned like a mandolin, but it has a skin head on it like a banjo. They have an odd sound to them. It is high pitched and a little bit on the hollow side. Here are some pictures and a sound clip for you to listen to.

This is the banjolin all in pieces:





















Here it is after putting on the head:
















Here it is after it is all back together again!