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Sessions banjo, ca. 1927.
I can't find this banjo in Ly's book on Sessions clocks.
It is clearly
a Sessions clock; the partial label on the back is a Sessions label, the panels are Sessions images, the dial and movement are signed.
It is 34 inches tall, in a dark hardwood case with some scratches that could be hidden with a stain pen.
The brass side arms
are not found on other Sessions banjos and the throat glass is cracked (note that it is glass in front of a panel so could be easily
The silvered dial is in excellent condition and the 8-day, time-and-strike movement is running and striking on the
hours and half-hours on a wire gong.