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Hal Allert has donated his banjo orchestra arrangements!

Over the last few months Hal Allert has been sending me arrangements that he has done for 1, 2, 3, 4 and even 5 banjos ! He also has suppli…

Started by thereallyniceman

1 Apr 7, 2016
Reply by Trapdoor2

Clifford EssexProfessional

Greetings In case anyone is interested there is a Clifford Essex Professional Banjo up for sale on Ebay: RARE Clifford Essex Professional…

Started by Eric Womersley

19 Apr 4, 2016
Reply by Jody Stecher

Lily Queen (1907)..Arthur Marshall (Not Scott Joplin!)

This is a tune to which the music publishers added Joplin's name as one of the composers when in fact Marshall was the sole composer and Jo…

Started by Steve Harrison

0 Apr 3, 2016

Yanky Dandy (1901)..S. G. Keisling

This is a catchy polka that I came across a few weeks back. It fits the banjo well and is one of those 'could have been written for banjo'…

Started by Steve Harrison

0 Apr 2, 2016

The Pippin (1908)...(.A sentimental Rag)....Arthur Marshall

This is the last of the published rags attributed to Arthur Marshall, there's nice use made of changes between minor and major keys and the…

Started by Steve Harrison

0 Mar 31, 2016

Gear question(s)

I recently switched my standard 5-string over to nylon strings, and I LOVE it - I'll never go back! Of course now I'm running into some iss…

Started by Jocko MacNelly

30 Mar 30, 2016
Reply by Jocko MacNelly

Classic banjo serial numbers

I find it interesting the S.S. Stewart Co. did not keep accurate serial numbers considering how detailed Stewart himself seemed to be. Othe…

Started by Richard Katz

4 Mar 27, 2016
Reply by Richard Katz

Fret marker differences

My Luscomb banjo (20 frets) has fret markers at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, and 17th frets. My S.S. Stewart Special Thoroughbred (2…

Started by Richard Katz

12 Mar 25, 2016
Reply by Brian Kimerer

Anyone heard of Brenda Auden ???

I was pleased to receive a copy of an audio cassette containing recordings of a young lady playing the Classic Style banjo. Her name is Bre…

Started by thereallyniceman

10 Mar 23, 2016
Reply by Joel Hooks

Ham And ! (1908)..Arthur Marshall

This is another good rag  by Marshall with an amusing title. To my ears, this is the most Joplin like of his compositions. The score and mi…

Started by Steve Harrison

5 Mar 22, 2016
Reply by Steve Harrison

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