"There's absolutely no reason not to be minimalistic in things banjo as well:
"I will own a minimum of ......(insert number of choice) banjos". :-)"
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SS Stewart on Ebay
Nice SS Stewart Universal Favourite on Ebay Uk - scale length is just over 27 inches according to seller
Posted by carrie horgan on August 20, 2020 at 18:40 — 3 Comments
Ragging the Scale - Van Eps Banjo Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZYaoR-h6F8
A different version of Ragging the Scale than the one in the Original Recordings library marked as Van Eps Banjo Orchestra. I wonder who the other musicians were - sounds like plectrum or tenor banjo.
Posted by carrie horgan on July 13, 2020 at 16:00 — 2 Comments
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"Friction tuners on a zither banjo? I have never seen that before. Please post pictures of the banjo.
That repair-work is called "buying-a-new-banjo". Lots of people on here do it all the time! :-)"
"Well first of all it is not at all weird to have a string instruments with strings of different materials, Every type of guitar is like that for instance. Even instruments having entirely unwound metal strings such as sitar or sarode in India have…"
"So I have been doing up the dodgy no-name ZB - new head, correct strings, dismantled and cleaned everything - even took the tuners (non-original friction tuners) apart. It kind of works, but I think it would be better with a few more changes -…"
"The British did us no favors by not dating anything. It is very annoying. I think Bob and Eli were using other sources to try and date these things.
I know that as I go through the BMGs and see a piece announced "ready for…"
"Here is your other Mackney tutor Marc...
https://archive.org/details/MackneyTutorCopy/mode/2up
It is in C."
"I would say "early 1890s"....but probably close enough. Sousa composed "The Washington Post March" in 1889, introduced at a ceremony in June of that year. It was an instant hit but I imagine it would take a little while for it to…"
"I do like that idea Richard: 'minimalism in all things non banjo' will be my mantra!"
"Ha! I really should, shouldn't I? :-)"
"You should join the ABF, I wrote an article in our newsletter that clears all of this up."
"Thanks alot, Joel. Really interesting!
So the Brewster book was published 1885, or? And was it also the first banjo book ever to be published in c notation? Because there's no explanation what so ever to why he would he would publish a book in…"
"If you're stuck for bit of space get rid of some furniture, pots and pans, bric a brac etc things like TV just upset you so get rid, minimalism in all things non banjo is the answer."
"No luck finding this so far, but there are still places unseen by human eye for some time, where it may be lurking."
E. W. Mackney's Banjo Tutor
Here is an interesting artifact. Mackney's Banjo Tutor is claimed to be the first British published tutor from sometime around 1863.It was republished at differed times and I present to the curious banjo world an edition from about 1890 (according…See More
"I'll see if I can find Santa Claus and FQ amongst the piles of mouldering paper, I now it was brought out last Christmas so it cannot have gone far."
"Oh, forgot: where can I find that song "Santa Claus and Fairy Queen"? It's not in the library...."
"I think that is a good decision, Carrie! You would probably be sorry to have sold it, later in life.
I keep all my instruments on the walls or in stands. I like to have them out of their cases to be able to grab them quick. But I also rent a extra…"
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