Musima Tenor Banjo

This one comes from another auction day and whilst I didn't "win" that much I did have one success. It was a job lot of two banjo instruments listed as "an unbranded 4 string Banjo and a Windsor Banjo in various states of repair" Now I could see from the photo that the unbranded Banjo was an East German made Musima Tenor Banjo that looks to be in pretty good condition, (though I have seen fancier ones), and I've been wanting a Tenor Banjo to come to Ukulele Corner for some time so it was worth a punt for that, but thrown in with it was a Windsor Banjo Mandolin.

 Now it's here and I can look it over the Musima Tenor Banjo is in fine, if a little dusty condition, the metal work needs a good polish and it's missing one string, (but the others need replacing anyway), but apart from that it rocks with nice planetary tuners, a neck adjustment screw and a nicely flamed plain resonator back that doesn't show a lot of wear. I had a set of Clifford Essex Chicago tuning steel Tenor Guitar string spare and I can't see why they wouldn't be just as happy on a Tenor Banjo so I have, (along with a good clean), put them on. I did find that what I thought was the neck adjustment screw was actually just a fancy strap button so the action is a little higher than I would have liked but I can always take the bridge down a bit