Whats a tango banjo?
Another name for the short scale tenor deriving from its earliest use in the Tango bands from around 1914 onwards. There is no record of when the tango banjo first appeared – it was probably a widespread response to the demands of string players who needed a banjo that they could play without too much effort. Examples from the earliest times are known from Boston, New York and Chicago banjo makers though the oldest I’ve ever seen came from the Cole workshop in Boston (about 1911 – 1912).
