Travel back in time with this vintage banjo. The brass plate inside the rim identifies it as made by Pryse Venable in Leesburg, Florida in 1981. Venable (1919-1981) was a Kentucky-born master fiddler, banjo maker, World War Two veteran, and auto mechanic. This is plainly a very well-built banjo. The wood rim has a brass veneer and fancy binding on the inside. Inlaid abalone fret markers and peghead ornamentation. Except for the worn armrest, there is little wear on the banjo. Comes in a TKL hard case. Also comes with a bunch of finger and thumb picks. And it comes with a banjo key wrench to tighten the bracket nuts. The slight repair is the nut. The nut slot for the fourth D-string is cut a bit too deep. If that string is played very hard, there is a slight buzz on the upper frets. When played softly, it doesn't buzz. So, I'd either put a new nut on it or do that fancy nut slut build-up method that I've read about. If curious about the maker, there is an online recorded interview of him on the Kentucky History website. One of his banjos is also in the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee.                        For shipping, it will be well wrapped with plenty of new ½” bubble wrap and shipped in a new 46” by 19” by 7” cardboard instrument box. Questions? Please check out my Ebay store, “The 1970 Time Travel Trailer,” for more cool vintage stuff, including a bunch of vintage guitars (and a few ukuleles, banjos, fiddles, mandolins and amps, as well as fiddles, brass, woodwind, and various oddball musical instruments and old instrument brochures & catalogs). And please check out our new YouTube TV show, “Musical Treasure Hunting,” to see more of our adventures searching for old musical instruments.