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Yuletide
Feb-20-2007, 11:19am
Anyone know where to find a serial number reference for Weymann banjo mandolins? #A friend has one and would like to know when it was made. #Thanks.
Jim Garber
Feb-20-2007, 12:00pm
Seek and ye shall find (http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/banjomfg.htm#WEYMANN)
Of course, this starts sort of late IMHO. They were actually in business earlier but instruments made by (or for) them were prob from the 1920s.
Jim
Ken Berner
Feb-20-2007, 12:11pm
No doubt you have found your number already, but for future reference, try a search for "Mugwumps"; it is a great source for vintage banjo enthusiasts.
Yuletide
Feb-20-2007, 3:28pm
Seek and ye shall find (http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/banjomfg.htm#WEYMANN)
Of course, this starts sort of late IMHO. They were actually in business earlier but instruments made by (or for) them were prob from the 1920s.
Jim
This one appears to be a bit older, since the serial # is in the 27 thousands.
Jim Garber
Feb-20-2007, 4:06pm
Not so sure about that. It would be strange to find many vintage banjo mandolins made after the 1940s. More likely either the numbering system was different for the mandolin-banjos or Weymann changed their serial number systems from time to time.
Jim
Yuletide
Feb-21-2007, 6:16am
Not so sure about that. It would be strange to find many vintage banjo mandolins made after the 1940s. More likely either the numbering system was different for the mandolin-banjos or Weymann changed their serial number systems from time to time.
Jim
Well, it's certainly possible that Weymann used a different serial # sequence for banjo mandos than for other banjos, but the chart shows banjos for the year 1924 starting at 34000, and the banjo mandolin in question has a serial # 27734, so it's apparently pre-1924.
Jim Garber
Feb-21-2007, 7:43am
Whoops! I read your post too fast... you are correct that it would be pre-1924 which makes more sense.
Jim