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A look at the many banjos in the Smithsonian Collections.
Banjos
Instruments
Banjo Art
Playing the Banjo
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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