Weaver Banjos

Illustrations by Pat Doyle

1	Curved Heel (spoon shaped)
	Early long heel starting at about the 12th fret
	Narrow heel shape starts at about the 10th fret.
2	Fifth string 'Pip' is a separate piece of wood let into the fingerboard.
3	Position of the date of manufacture.
4	Head Shapes.
	Early shape = 65mm at widest point, 130mm long.
	Later shape = 70mm at widest point, 13Omm long.
5	Early hoop.
	Detail of internal nut - Bent hook - Squared and tapered nut - separate ball.
6	Later hoop.
	Large internal hexagonal nut - Straight hook - Straight sided, squared nut incorporating ball.
7	Weaver vellum tightening spanner
8	Wooden tailpiece. - showing five holes for strings and two larger holes for heavy gut string to anchor tailpiece.
9	Knotted gut tied to un-drilled mushroom bolt securing perch-pole and wooden tailpiece.
10	Weaver metal tailpiece.
11	Metal tailpiece fixed with bolt through hexagonal drilled nut (nut secures perch-pole)
12	Wood Hoop Detail
13	J.A. Turner Hoop Detail
14	Wedge Plate
15	Tuning Pegs

NB Frets on 12" hoops - usually 19. On the 28.5" scale there are 20. On Weaver made CE 'Special' there are sometimes 21.

A lot of Weavers have a second fret sloped forwards on the treble side to act in a similar fashion to the 'split' fret Windsor (among others) to help keep the banjo in tune.

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