.. was born in  Hampton Wick, Middlesex.  From the early 1880s until 1913, Alfred Smith, of Grove Road and, after January 1895, Penrhyn Road, Kingston on-Thames, Surrey, was a successful teacher of the banjo, mandolin and guitar and a public performer on these instruments.

In addition, he conducted a successful amateur B. M. & G. orchestra of over thirty members, made up of his pupils.   He also arranged successful concerts in and around Kingston.

All these activities enabled his name to sell the banjos and zither-banjos bearing his name as maker but these were probably made for him by Parslow or Tilley.

These images show his "Special" with the neck angle adjuster fitted.