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Tenor-banjo, or short-necked 4-string plectrum banjo, the body of pale wood, with darker wood for the surface of the fingerboard and peghead. A metal frame secures the vellum cover of the sound box, with removable arm rest to the left (now separate), 18 metal frets, metals tailpiece, wood bridge, and bone tuning peg heads.

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