THE BIB editor writes:
While preparing the 13 June post, I was sorry to have no ready-to-hand photo of the instruments mentioned; so thanks to
Des Butler for the pictures above and below of
Earl Scruggs's banjo,
Gibson RB-Granada #9584-3, which he took during a visit to the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN.
The museum description of the banjo (shown above) mentions the trade of 1948/9 in which it came to Earl. This can be read if the photo is enlarged. It also mentions some of the many changes away from 'original condition', made during this instrument's hard-working life.
As a bonus, Des includes his photo of
Bill Monroe's
1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin, #73987 - made when its future owner was not yet twelve years old. Des also quotes from
Fred Bartenstein's essay on
Lester Flatt, published in
The Bluegrass Hall of Fame: inductee biographies 1991-2014 (2014) and readable
here, on how relations between Flatt & Scruggs and their former boss deteriorated.
Labels: Banjo, Bill Monroe, History, Instruments, Mandolin, Museum
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