Banjo – bouzouki neck
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Banjo – bouzouki neck
BOUZOUKI NECK;
C. Lazzaro (Kyriakos Lazaridis)
;Fivos Anoyanakis
672 cm x 62 cm x 62 cm (Plywood thickness: 2.5 mm, fingerboard length: 512 mm, fingerboard width at the top: 24.5 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 35 mm, string length: 674 mm, neck thickness at the joint with the headstock (excluding the fingerboard): 14.5 mm, fingerboard thickness: 2.5-4.5 mm.)
Banjo-bouzouki neck, 672 mm in length. It has an ebony fingerboard, with a white plastic frame and inlaid bone finger placement guides in various shapes (star, disc, vegetal designs). The neck is made of two pieces of wood, separated by a thin piece of plywood. Although it looks quite similar to the neck of a typical "three-string" bouzouki, it differs in two ways: First, the neck covers almost the entire length of the fingerboard, up to the 23rd fret, contrary to common practice, where the bouzouki's neck extends up to about the 17th fret (at least until 1940) and the rest of the fingerboard covers the top of the instrument. Second, at the lower end of the neck, there is evidence that indicates that it was attached (using a screw) to some type of body similar to that of the banjo. The headstock has 8 mechanical keys, but only 6 were used, as some of the instrument's frets have been altered by the contact with the strings, indicating the use of three double strings. It bears two identical branded seals reading “C. LAZZARO Garantito ATHENES”. This specific branded sea was used by the instrument-maker Kyriakos Lazaridis.