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Hi everyone, first a big THANK YOU to this website host for approving my request to becomd a member.
Recently, I bought this zyther/banjo from an estate sale. It is alleged to be from 1900. I do not know the maker and is in a desperate need of repair that I am willing to do. It previous owner did a bad job on it. I would love to share pictures of it before I took it apart and afterwards.
If anyone could help me to upload these picture I would deeply appreciated.
Recently, I bought this zyther/banjo from an estate sale. It is alleged to be from 1900. I do not know the maker and is in a desperate need of repair that I am willing to do. It previous owner did a bad job on it. I would love to share pictures of it before I took it apart and afterwards.
If anyone could help me to upload these picture I would deeply appreciated.
Posted by Jaime riera on August 17, 2023 at 16:06 — 7 Comments
New bridge Reily Baker banjo 1890
Really loved that old tiny bridge but it was producing a mute tone on the first string due to how wide the string slots were. Gap under the bridge, top wasn't level. Quite a few issues but it felt great. Action was perfect, string spacing perfect for me, height of bridge felt great too, even though its a fraction of the height of modern bridges. So I just bought a cheap two leg bridge, was farr too tall, so I cut the legs off to get it nearer the size I wanted. Sanded down the top with a…
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"Good call Joel!! Elizabeth Buchanan is on The Vintage Banjo Maker site, with photos of a short scale 6 string with highly decorated all metal pot. The neck and slotted head are very similar. I agree Jody, not high end and certainly an odd…"
"The positioning of the slots on the nut is strange. Strings 1 -4 are separated in the usual way and then the last two are side by side. The width of the paired slots is not the same. My best guess is that the intention was for a pair of…"
"Just remembered, it is "Buchanan Improvement" from Glasgow Scotland"
"I am blanking on the name of the maker but I believe these were made in Scotland in the 1920s... it was something ... "improved". Most of them I have seen have had the 5th string running up the side of the neck. "
6 string banjo on eBay
My continuing interest in the period of banjo history up to around 1900, has me considering getting a 6 or 7 string…See More
"My transcription is of a version dubbed many years ago onto low-fi reel tape- probably some minor differences from the version posted here."
"The first 34 seconds :"Josephine My Jo" verse & chorus; music by Jas. T. Brymn ;
34 sec - 1:04 : "I Wants to be the Leadin' Lady" chorus; music by Harry Von Tilzer;
1:04 to end : " My Lady Hottentot" chorus;…"
"Hello Jem. Do you have any discs left after your sales at Keith's banjo event in Bosworth? If so, l 0would be interested in them.
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"Sorry For the lack of information There. Yes Your info is correct it is Vess ossman playing. Matrix # 1664 It’s a 7 inch Victor The first song in the medley is “Josephine My Jo” I’m not sure…"
"Any information on this record? Who's playing, who pressed it, date, etc?"
"Hi Joel, many thanks for that, considering that I only had a midi to work from, my effort isn't too dissimilar....Steve. "
Shake Yo Dusters (aka Piccaninny Rag)..1898..W.H.Krell
This is an instrumental arrangement of a song that was popular back in the day. Stylistically, it has more than a passing resemblance in parts to Krell's Mississippi Rag. I took the arrangement from a piano score which was written in Bb/Eb and…See More
Old Plunks New Coon Medley
Hello I just wanted this record from my collection of banjo records it’s a really rare title I Hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtmfCMyhpdgSee More
"Of course, there's no problem with writing an article on women and the banjo, whether from a feminist perspective or otherwise. But the takeaway from this particular article (if we can step into the shoes of the average reader who knows nothing…"
"Somehow I missed this one.
Here is the banjo version, sorry I only have it in A notation.
https://archive.org/details/jacobs-grand-orchestra-folio-no.-2-banjo/page/n9/mode/2up"
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