Louzee Golden Roll - Very Rare 5 String Banjo!

This Banjo was part of a collection that we are selling for a family friend. It was kept in a humidity controlled room and is pristine condition. We would like it to go to a good home where it will be played and loved. The Golden Roll is a tribute to a very special type of banjo that was popular during the 1920's and early 1930's -- the Pyralin covered banjo. Pyralin was a special compound that was used in several ways to decorate high art banjos. Pyralin consisted of a suspension of ground fish scales in celluloid. When painted on a wooden surface, it greatly resembles mother of pearl, which is known in the trade as "MOP." Pyralin was also manufactured in sheets, and used as a substitute for mother of pearl in fingerboards and as an overlay for necks and resonators. Sometimes it was engraved, and other times it was painted. It came to be known in the trade as "mother of toilet seat" or "MOTS." The headpiece inlay on the Louzee Golden Roll is a lasting tribute to MOTS. Includes hard case. S/N: Banjo # 5 -- Serial # 037-1 -- Wood Used Mahogany -- Manufacturing Date 11/24/03 Here is some information I was able to gather from Louzee Banjo website about the instrument: https://www.louzee.com/goldenroll.html Golden Roll Specifications 1. Mahogany or Walnut neck and resonator 2. Ebony fingerboard 3. Longworth inlay pattern 4. Custom Hopkins tone ring 5. Double action truss rod 6. Gold-plated metal parts 7. Waverly two-band tuners 8. Kerschner Tail Piece 9. White - black - white binding with Christmas tree purfling 10. Engraved metal parts by XX Silver 11. This model was a limited edition model where only 10 of these were made. This model is no longer available.