Help with identification
Found this 4 string instrument in original case.
No serial number or model name as far as I can see.
There is a lion
With British Made beneath.
Maker is G.H. & S with Trade Mark written beneath.
The back is engraved (etched?) on a white metal (steel)? Pretty design all over of flower, vines and fleur de lis in the centre round.
I can take pics but can’t see how to upload on here.
Re: Help with identification
Try this link: Posting a Photo?
Jim
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Re: Help with identification
Whatever it is, it is probably a George Houghton & Son banjo uke- a Melody Junior. The lion dates it to the 1930s- from about 1934 on. Here is one which is probably not the same model:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...lody-165977979
It may be this one:
http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/houghton-gh/4594323460
Re: Help with identification
If it is a Houghton, there is more info here.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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