The McCormick company--you've seen their spices in every grocery store you've ever been in--started in 1889. This banjo is made from one of their Banquet tea tins that once held 250 of the orange pekoe tea bags. It's been a while since then. Sepele neck, maple fingerboard with ebony markers, bone nut, D'Addario steel strings. Geared tuners. Approximate dimensions: 35" x 10.5" x 3.75"