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Interesting ' banjo

Interesting banjo here if you plan to travel in Afghanistan , for example .

Because of the big hoop which pivots the rim , you gonna have this :

Comment by Trapdoor2 on September 12, 2011 at 13:22: Holy sox! That is a "Middlebrooke" banjo, a very interesting design from the 1890's. I blogged about playing one a couple of years ago. They have scalloped frets and play very smoothly. I'll bid on it...but if the collectors get wind of it, I'll never be able to afford it! Dave Ball (Knoxville, TN player and luthier) has a whole collection of these things. I played one of his and thought it was really well made. Playing that scalloped neck was extremely smooth.

Comment by Trapdoor2 on September 19, 2011 at 2:53: Yee Ha! I am now the owner of the mine-detector banjo! I'll post video when I get it up and playing.

Comment by Sylvia on September 19, 2011 at 7:22: Hi Marc, glad you got it. I intended to watch the proceedings on ebay,but forgot, drat :)

Comment by Trapdoor2 on September 19, 2011 at 16:42: Thanks! 11 people bid on it...and I'm very pleased that I got it so cheaply.

Of course, now I'm looking for missing parts...for a banjo that was built for only one year, 118 yrs ago. ;-)

Comment by marc dalmasso on September 19, 2011 at 17:29: congratulations ; you cannot be unlucky all the time ( cello SS Stewart ..........)