Recording King- Tension Band
- Categories
- Audio Visual Collections > Banjo Construction Photograph Archive
- Subject
- Banjo Construction Photographic Collection
- Musical instruments
- Type
- digital image
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2016
- Identifier
- Recording King- Tension Band4.jpg
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- Underside of the tension band. The tension band's primary job is to create and maintain tension on the banjo head. This is done in conjunction with the hooks and flange. The banjo hooks hold onto the tension band on one end, and are affixed to the flange on the other end. To accomodate the 24 hooks, and to increase the stability of the system, this band has 24 indentations machined into it. This is a very stable design. Recording King is a brand of instrument currently owned by The Music Link Corporation and is located in Hayward California. The brand was originally a house brand of instruments made for the Montgomery Ward company.
- 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.
