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A pretty good tenor banjo can be had from Gold Tone for around $400 'merican. Several friends of mine in and around the DC area play them, and all appear satisfied. Be advised that there is a long neck version which is simply called a tenor banjo, and the shorter necked version which is commonly called the Irish Tenor banjo, both which can be strung either as the tenor strings of a guitar (DGBE) or as the tunings listed above. The longer necked one tends to be stummed across all the strings as well as picked in a Dixieland style, while the Irish tenor seems to be mostly picked.