Thompson & Odell Artist Open Back 5 String Banjo c1880s Belleek Presented in excellent condition and

Presented in excellent condition and complete with its original box and certificate of authenticity

Huang Yongyu (1924-): He is a famous painter and woodcut artist who created many posters for the Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution

They were selling banjos as early as 1870 and began manufacturing their own in the early 1900s

a talented designer

Thompson & Odell Artist Open Back 5 String Banjo c1880s Belleek Presented in excellent condition andThis is the "Artist" model by Boston Massachusetts firm Thompson and Odell. This banjo is in great condition for its age. Its had "new" tuning machines added many years ago, the buttons are bone but still retains a friction violin peg for the fifth string. The neck is perfectly straight. No bow or warp. Currently strung with Clifford Essex nylon classical banjo strings. I've not adjusted the neck on this banjo, its as it would have been from new i. e.