Breezy Ridge® Instruments, Ltd. is proud to introduce the

Colby™ Tailpiece for 5 String Banjo.

The Colby™ 5 String Banjo Tailipiece

Early in the 20th Century

New Jersey Classical Banjo Player & Builder

FRED VAN EPS [1879 - 1960]

designed several tailpieces for his banjo and for those he later produced.

Peter Colby, 1970

PETER COLBY [1937? - 1988]

was a trained gunsmith and

Banjo & Autoharp Player and Builder in the Boston/NewEngland Area.

He modified the Van Eps design for his personal 5 String Banjo.

By 1970 he made at least one other for Mary Faith

which has been faithfully reproduced here

for Breezy Ridge® by Pennsylvania Craftsmen.

The perfect combination of Beauty & Functionality,

the Colby™ presses the strings down toward the banjo head

while stretching them almost to the width of the bridge.

It creates a greater angle of the strings against the bridge

for better sound and stability.

An idea whose time has come...

again!

The Colby™ 5 String Banjo Tailpiece........................................$59.95

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