![]() ) in charge of product ion at the firms new premises at 786 Washington Street. and put David L Day (subsequently to be associated with the Bacon Banjo Co. The financial control of Fairbanks & Cole was acquired my Messrs Dodge & Cummings who changed the title to AC Fairbanks & Co Inc. The Cole brothers also left to form their own banjo making company. In 1892 AC Fairbanks, having lost interest in banjo making, gave up control of the firm to exploit his invention of the wooden rim for bicycles, forming the AC Fairbanks Wood Rim Co. In 1903 this model was redesigned to begin its worldwide fame as the “ Whyte Laydie” banjo. On December 30th 1890 they patented a banjo with a tone ring which they called their “Special Electric Model”. With Frank Cole (younger brother of William) in charge of production the firm flourished. In 1880 he and William E Cole formed a partnership, and trading under the name of Fairbanks & Cole established a workshop in Beach Street, Boston “to manufacture banjos, mandolins and guitars”. who was making the occasional banjo for his friends from about 1875. was an enthusiastic banjo player in Boston, Mass. As Greg Deering states, “The treasure wouldn’t be better if it were diamonds.” This is an example of the legacy of David Day honored by his induction into the American Banjo Museum’s Hall of Fame. ![]() Greg Deering personally testified that when his company makes a batch of tubaphone tone rings developed by David Day 105 years ago, when he sees 20 or so brand new tubaphone rings sitting on the bench ready for plating, these tone rings are an incredible treasure in his book. His tubaphone tone ring and Whyte Laydie tone rings are some of his many contributions that live on in banjos being made and played today. Of the five companies David Day was involved with, Fairbanks & Cole, Fairbanks, Fairbanks with new owners, Vega, and then Bacon and Day, all of them achieved accolades for great banjos during the time David Day was working there. David Day was a part of creating banjo designs that we are still using today. David Day is a man none of us knew, but we all know him by the master works he achieved through 5 companies and decades of banjo making. ![]() Greg and Janet Deering accepted the award in David’s behalf since he was general manager of the Fairbanks Banjo Company when they became the Vega Banjos around 1904. ![]() The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City inducted David Day into the Hall of Fame Sept 5 th, 2014. ![]()
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