John Field Memorial BMG LIBRARY. UPDATE !!! - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T23:28:21Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/john-field-memorial-bmg-library-update?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMaking himself shorter. I se…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-27:2667446:Comment:1360392019-03-27T21:24:52.200ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>Making himself shorter. I see. Maybe!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>marc dalmasso said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Making himself shorter. I see. Maybe!<br/> <br/> <cite>marc dalmasso said:</cite></p>
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I see wh…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-27:2667446:Comment:1360382019-03-27T21:19:52.659Zmarc dalmassohttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/marcdalmasso
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
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<p>the size of the zyther _banjo player should be about 2 meters and he needs to be in this un comfortable position to not have his head outside of the picture ….. ? may be</p>
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</blockquote> I see what you mean about the…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-27:2667446:Comment:1358422019-03-27T20:44:12.325ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>I see what you mean about the opening. But I can't see how he is remaining upright. For that position to work the banjoist's other leg needs to be vertical. Otherwise balance is precarious. His torso is turned toward the group, toward the center of the photo. If he is actually standing (and not floating like the ghost of Parke Hunter) the leg whose foot is on the ground should be visible. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joel Hooks said:…</cite></p>
<p>I see what you mean about the opening. But I can't see how he is remaining upright. For that position to work the banjoist's other leg needs to be vertical. Otherwise balance is precarious. His torso is turned toward the group, toward the center of the photo. If he is actually standing (and not floating like the ghost of Parke Hunter) the leg whose foot is on the ground should be visible. <br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
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<p>BTW, there are many descriptions of Joe Morley playing on stage by standing up with one foot on a chair. TBJ also stands in three of the Pathe films so it was a pretty common position to play in.</p>
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<p>This catalog contains many examples of chairs that have an opening that would allow one to put their foot through for the time it would take to take a photo. It is a common pattern that is still in use today.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.org/details/catalog00jwha">https://archive.org/details/catalog00jwha</a></p>
<p>The current metal generic folding chairs found all over would allow for this very position if one wanted to recreate the photo.</p>
<p>And here is a catalog with folding chairs from the late 1870s-- nothing is new...</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.org/details/catalog00ehma">https://archive.org/details/catalog00ehma</a></p>
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</blockquote> Many chairs have an opening a…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-27:2667446:Comment:1359402019-03-27T15:20:47.364ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Many chairs have an opening at the base of the upright back. The person sitting in the chair could scooch forward enough so that the person standing in the back could put there foot on the seat using that very opening. It seems pretty obvious how they are standing to me.</p>
<p>BTW, there are many descriptions of Joe Morley playing on stage by standing up with one foot on a chair. TBJ also stands in three of the Pathe films so it was a pretty common position to play…</p>
<p>Many chairs have an opening at the base of the upright back. The person sitting in the chair could scooch forward enough so that the person standing in the back could put there foot on the seat using that very opening. It seems pretty obvious how they are standing to me.</p>
<p>BTW, there are many descriptions of Joe Morley playing on stage by standing up with one foot on a chair. TBJ also stands in three of the Pathe films so it was a pretty common position to play in.</p>
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<p>This catalog contains many examples of chairs that have an opening that would allow one to put their foot through for the time it would take to take a photo. It is a common pattern that is still in use today.</p>
<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalog00jwha">https://archive.org/details/catalog00jwha</a></p>
<p>The current metal generic folding chairs found all over would allow for this very position if one wanted to recreate the photo.</p>
<p>And here is a catalog with folding chairs from the late 1870s-- nothing is new...</p>
<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalog00ehma">https://archive.org/details/catalog00ehma</a></p> I don't think we will ever ge…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1360362019-03-26T15:23:23.005ZEdward Marshe Parslowhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/EdwardMarsheParslow
<p>I don't think we will ever get to the back of it!!!</p>
<p>I don't think we will ever get to the back of it!!!</p> Top left banjoist has a visib…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1359372019-03-26T15:07:52.276ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>Top left banjoist has a visible leg right where one would expect it to be. Top right banjo player would be awfully unstable with his left leg directly behind the leg of the seated rightmost banjoist. Moreover each banjoist is seated all the way back in his chair, suggesting that these chairs had backs. That being the case, where would a banjoist standing behind one of these chairs find a place to place a foot?</p>
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<p>Top left banjoist has a visible leg right where one would expect it to be. Top right banjo player would be awfully unstable with his left leg directly behind the leg of the seated rightmost banjoist. Moreover each banjoist is seated all the way back in his chair, suggesting that these chairs had backs. That being the case, where would a banjoist standing behind one of these chairs find a place to place a foot?</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Edward Marshe Parslow said:</cite></p>
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</blockquote> Perhaps it is James 'Jimmy' P…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1358412019-03-26T14:59:13.432ZEdward Marshe Parslowhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/EdwardMarsheParslow
<p>Perhaps it is James 'Jimmy' Parslow himself, although by that time he would have been 63. The crescent featured on many of his banjo necks and they all came from basically the same area, namely Kingston/Richmond and is said did run a banjo quartet to promote his instruments.</p>
<p>Perhaps it is James 'Jimmy' Parslow himself, although by that time he would have been 63. The crescent featured on many of his banjo necks and they all came from basically the same area, namely Kingston/Richmond and is said did run a banjo quartet to promote his instruments.</p> Thanks for the XRay explanati…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1360352019-03-26T14:47:28.201Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Thanks for the XRay explanation of the disappearing legs, but doesn't explain why he had such skinny legs!</p>
<p>What I don't know is how did the chap at the back with no banjo manage to photobomb the group photo?</p>
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<p>Thanks for the XRay explanation of the disappearing legs, but doesn't explain why he had such skinny legs!</p>
<p>What I don't know is how did the chap at the back with no banjo manage to photobomb the group photo?</p>
<p>:-)</p> I agree Joel and banjoist top…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1359352019-03-26T14:20:22.580ZEdward Marshe Parslowhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/EdwardMarsheParslow
<p>I agree Joel and banjoist top left is with a similar stance.</p>
<p>I agree Joel and banjoist top left is with a similar stance.</p> It is pretty clear to me that…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-03-26:2667446:Comment:1359342019-03-26T13:23:39.850ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>It is pretty clear to me that the zither banjoist is standing with one leg on the chair to his right supporting the banjo and the other on the ground supporting his body.</p>
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<p>It is pretty clear to me that the zither banjoist is standing with one leg on the chair to his right supporting the banjo and the other on the ground supporting his body.</p>
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