Nechville-Neck
- 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
- NechvilleFrameNeck.jpg
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- This photograph shows the place where the neck joins the Heli-Mount Frame on a Nechville banjo. The brass piece fits inside a hole in the neck (the piece has been turned up to show the hole) and a screw in the bottom of the neck fits into the hole in the brass piece. This attachnent is called the Flux Capacitor in a Nevhcille banjo. The neck has a curve that matches that of the frame and with this system, one can change the string height by loosening the screw and re-angling the neck along this curve. Nechville Heli-Mount Frame has a curved metal Nechville Musical Products Company is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and is owned and operated by Tom Nechville.
- 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.
