>BACON BANJOS
Fred J. Bacon was a classical banjo virtuoso and a well known
banjo teacher. He established the Bacon Banjo co. in 1906 and
sold banjos he designed and made for him by Fairbanks Banjo co.
The FF Professional line of banjos are from this period. They are
basically the same as the Special Grand Concert shown here.

In 1920, he opened his own Groton, CT. factory and in 1922 he
called David L.Day from Vega company for his partner.
Since then the banjos co-designed by the two had B&D name but
the company name never was B&D, it always was Bacon Banjo co.

In the golden era of the banjos, most major banjo makers made
only4 string banjos and the 5 string banjos especially higher
grede models were scarece or never made. But since Mr.Bacon
was a 5 string player, though still rare, higher grade 5string
Silver Bells can be found time to time.

New! Bacon Special Grand Concert
New! B&D Silver Bell #4 Original 5string
B&D Silver Bell #6 Ne Plus Ultra 5string
B&D Silver Bell #2 Original 5string
New! Bacon Banjo Ukulele No.1

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