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"More on J. E. Brewster. In 1888 William Temlett published his knockoff version of S.…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 8, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Hi Carrie, is Polka Erratica as exciting as the title sounds? "

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"But nothing mentioned about Brewster or Dallas that I could find.  If you could be s…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Yep, it was published in A. P. Sharpe's articles on banjo makers September 1971 for…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Here is a clipping from the SSS Journal April 1884.  This puts Brewster opening his…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Dallas was 17 in 1873, Brewster was 20. If you don't mind sharing your reliable res…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Cammeyer invented/designed the Zither Banjo.  I've been seeing this claim lately abo…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Richard is correct. But it seems to have taken a while to catch on.  Frank Converse…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 7, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Yah, things changed pretty rapidly and by 1910 it was fairly easy to get British pub…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 6, 2021 to Banjos in England

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"Sorry, the British were a "me too" situation with the banjo.  C pitch started in the…"

Joel Hooks replied Dec 6, 2021 to Banjos in England

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