![]() The auction house makes no commission on shipping payment for shipping is made by the buyer directly to the shipper. The Store can be emailed at or called at 60. Store, 174 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08542 which has extensive experience shipping fragile auction items. Please note: The items in the Meisel Collection are being sold F.O.B. The owner traveled the world in search of rare, interesting, and handsome instruments to fill a collection that until now was displayed in his beautiful Princeton home. ![]() This instrument is being sold from The Meisel Collection assembled over a period of forty years by an accomplished attorney from Princeton, New Jersey. An interesting variant of the Electric model was the Curtis Electric, named after Fairbanks' son Curtis who was a child prodigy on the banjo. It was identified by the Fairbanks & Cole model stamp as well as the Fairbanks stamp. It was similar in appearance to the early Electrics, but it had only a simple full-spun pot. ![]() The Fairbanks company continued to produce a "Fairbanks & Cole" model until around 1897. ![]() Fairbanks inventive designs paved the way for his successful brand and iconic banjos. The renowned Electric tone ring consists of a scalloped metal truss which rests on the top of the wooden pot and supports a round metal ring. In this version the entire metal assembly is contained in a thin metal sheath which is then spun over the outside of the pot. The Electric tone ring added a pronounced brilliance and sustain to the tone of the banjo. Fairbanks and Co.- and introduced his revolutionary new "Electric" model, which offered a bright and exciting future. In 1890, Fairbanks formed his own company- A.C. In 1875, he started by building simple inexpensive 5-string banjos and within 5 years he had established himself as a credible luthier. ![]() He was a banjo player with a desire to build his own instruments. Albert Conant Fairbanks was born in 1852 in Sterling, Massachusetts. ![]()
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