Stelling- Tension Band
- Categories
- Audio Visual Collections > Banjo Construction Photograph Archive
- Subject
- Banjo Construction Photographic Collection
- Musical instruments
- Creator
- Bennett, Bud, 1963-
- Type
- digital image
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2016
- Identifier
- Stelling- TensionHoop.jpg
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- The banjo hooks hold onto the tension band. To accomodate the 24 hooks, and to increase the stability of the system, this band has 24 indentations machined into it. Note the downward angle of the indentations and how they match the angle of the hook part of the banjo hooks. This is a very stable design. The tension band's primary job is to create and maintain tension on the banjo head. Stelling Banjo Works, Ltd is located in Heards, Virginia and is owned and operated by Geoff Stelling.
- Rights
- Copyright is held by Radford University, if you would like to use the materials please contact the Archives & Special Collections at archives@radford.edu. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Banjo Construction Photograph Collection, Appalachian Collection, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use or unauthorized reproduction of these photographs, without the written permission of the copyright owner, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.