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© 2005-2007 Luke Mercier photographs LM

Updated November 14th, 2007

Vintage Openback Banjos

• Fairbanks & Cole Imperial (ca. 1881)
• A.C. Fairbanks & Co. (1891)
• A.C. Fairbanks & Co. (ca. 1890's)
• Fairbanks Whyte Laydie No. 2 (1906)
• Unmarked Boston made banjo
• Henry C. Dobson (ca. 1880's)
• Henry C. Dobson (ca. 1880's)
• Henry Warnaut Professional (ca. 1885)
• S.S. Stewart ~ The Student
• S.S. Stewart Acme Professional (ca. 1890)
• R.S. Williams & Son Co. Ltd ~ Artist Model
• R.S. Williams & Son Co. Ltd ~ Echo Model
• Vega Tubaphone Style~M tenor (ca. 1925)
• John Sirdevan/Vega-Pacheco Platophone (1926) - Conversion

Fretless Banjos

• Sawfret banjo -possibly by Edwin J. Cubley (ca. 1876)
• Flushfret banjo -maker unknown (ca. 1876)
• English Fretless (ca. 1880's)
• Edwin J. Cubley (ca. 1880's)
• Smallsize Fretless ca. (1860's)
• S.S. Stewart (ca. 1882)
• Leon Clerc Seven String ~London ca. 1890's
• Six String -probably English ca. 1870's *Recent
• Butler 7~String Bar-Fret Banjos ca. 1870's *Recent

Luke Mercier Fretless & Flushfret Banjos

• #49 Ivory Flushfret 2006
• #52 Flushfret 2007 (Fairbanks CXXVI)
• #50 Violjo 2007
• #51 Flushfret 2007
• #55 Mercier/J.B. Schall Ivory flushfret 2007 *Recent
• #45 Flushfret 2006 (Fairbanks CXXVI)
• #46 Flushfret (The Gulley) 2006
• #43 Flushfret 2005 (Fairbanks #243)
• #44 Smallize Boucher-style Fretless 2005
• #21 Fretless 2003 (William S. Mount)
• #35 Fretless 2005 (Grand Cubley)
• #36 Flushfret 2005 (Cubley/Fairbanks)
• #29 Flushfret 2005 (W. Boucher)
• #1 Flushfret 1999 (Centennial)

Vintage Resonator Banjos

• Epiphone 5~string (ca. 1920's)
• Paramount Style~C WM. Lange
• Early 6~string (unmarked)
• Gibson TB~3 Mastertone (1925)
• Gibson RB~75 Mastertone (ca. 1920's)
• Gibson TB~3 Mastertone (ca. 1920's)
• Fender 5~string
• Leedy Olympian (plectrum)
• Bacon & Day Montana Silverbell (plectrum)

Five String Mandolin Banjo

• August Pollman ca. 1888

Modern Gourd Banjo

• Jeffrey Menzies Gourd Banjo

Vintage Guitars

• Gibson 1967 LG1
• Gibson ES 125
• Martin 0021
• Martin 1936 D18
• Bruno Parlour

Luke Mercier Violins & Violas

• Violin 2007 - made in the classical style
• Violin 2005 - patterned after Francisco Maurizi 1888
• Viola 2006 - Inspired by Andrea Guarneri
• Viola 2004 - Inspired by Andrea Guarneri
• Violin 2004 - patterned after ex - "Heath" Guarneri del Gesu 1729

Miscellaneous

• Mandolin by S.S. Stewart ca. 1920
• Bruno Banjo Uke

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