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Fred Van Eps birthday December 30th 1878
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Started this discussion. Last reply by thereallyniceman Dec 31, 2024.
Possible Weaver banjo for restoration on Ebay
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There is a banjo with a few Weaver characteristics on EBay the number is 167047143629. The starting price is £39.99 which might be too much…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson Nov 1, 2024.
J.A. Turner banjo list
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Hooks Aug 8, 2024.
Old banjo string box
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson May 3, 2024.
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"The British Library has most of them but they were moved from London up to Leeds a few years ago and the last time I enquired about them they hadn't been unpacked since the move. I've read quite a few of them in private collections…"
"Most plectrum banjo players of my acquaintance in the 1960s, used wound third strings on their banjos."
"Cammeyer's passport described his occupation as 'Gentleman', in the UK in the 19th century this indicated that the person concerned was a person of substance and had no need to work for a living. Cammeyer also married well, his wife…"
"That's a good question, and of course we don't know the answer. I I don't think that I've ever seen a Cammeyer plectrum banjo since I commenced playing the banjo in the early 1960s, in the flesh or pictured. I've never heard…"
"I attach photos of various Cammeyer string packets, the third string is made from gut."
"Cammeyer always maintained that steel strings should not be plated (silver or otherwise) as the plating affected the tone of the stings adversely. I attach a photo of two packeted, Cammeyer third (or as he called them, in Brooklynese, …"
"It's not worth the effort Joel, it's just a page one, run of the mill, beginner's piece which has got nothing to do with cycling, it hasn't even got a picture of a bicycle on the cover."
"I've found another, 'The Cyclists' by Harry Turner, published by JAT at their Bishopsgate and 39 Oxford Street addresses."
"I've got the 'Wheelmen's March' and 'The Scorcher', there might be others in the archives/pile of mouldy paper."
"Thank you for remembering and posting Richard. Fred would have been 126 yesterday, almost as old as me :-)"
"Cammeyer's 'Ballade No 1' and Hunter's 'Romance' (published in his tutor book) are a bit melancholic. 'Romance' is supposed to be played in tremolo style but sounds good without all the finger wagging. "
"Not nit picking but, this 'Cheerio' by Chas Stainer is not 'Cheerio Lads' by Jan Wien, neither solo has a second page."
"Turners bought the remaining timber (lumber) and unfinished instruments from Alfred Weaver on his retirement in 1938. They issued a small catalogue of their 'Weaver' banjos and continued to manufacture banjos which were identical to…"
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Clifford Essex Cup Winners 1994, Pat Doyle, Mike Redman, Me and Alf Brimble
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 13:00
Me accompanying Jody Stecher playing 'Cupid's Arrow' at Backwell some years ago
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 12:38 — 1 Comment
A very rare tenor banjo for sale on Ebay
Posted on April 16, 2018 at 14:30 — 6 Comments
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- At 7:19 on February 14, 2017,
thereallyniceman said…
Welcome (again) to Ning,Richard! I see that you have re-registered using your new email address, thank you and we look forward to posts from Richard 2
:-)
Ian
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