Model C ODE/BALDWIN tenor

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From Joven on 10/2/2018 12:56:02 PM

Good afternoon friends

This question probably has been asked, but if you please point me in that direction, it would be appreciated.

Just purchased an ODE/BALDWIN Model C tenor, Very nice banjo, it came with a little too much bowed neck. It came with the heel adjustment wrench, but as I inserted in the heel and felt the gear adjustment I noticed it was very loose. It did not seem to do much adjustment after a couple of 1/4 turns. I kept turning a bit every day for the past week. It seems to be straighter. Am i doing it right? Was the adjustment gear supposed to be that loose to start with?

thank you for your help

Ivan

2 Comments
	TLG says: 10/2/2018 1:20:09 PM Ivan, You have a Burnes truss rod , a gear box in the heel. Look on my home page under "media" , my photos show the rod & gear box. It works like any reduction gears , you turn several times on one end & the other end moves once. You are doing it correct as you can see improvement & if you go too far you can go back a little. The bowed neck may be due to traveling , the previous weather conditions & your atmosphere conditions. Once it settles , you probably won't need to adjust it. Congratulations on your banjo. Tommy
	Joven says: 10/2/2018 2:05:34 PM thank you Tommy
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