Zither Banjo Production Origins - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T10:57:56Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/zither-banjo-production-origins?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJoel,
A thread on this site f…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2022-09-13:2667446:Comment:1907662022-09-13T18:02:57.358ZIAN SALTERhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/IANSALTER
<p>Joel,</p>
<p>A thread on this site from 2014 titled 'A Step Back In Time' has on page 4, a link to an advertisement for Professor W E Ballantine, teacher of the banjo (7, 6 and 5 strings also zither banjo) guitar and mandoline. There is also a testimonial dated October 1888. It may be of interest to you.</p>
<p>I don't know how to put the link on this reply, so I hope you can find it in the archives.</p>
<p>Ian.</p>
<p>Joel,</p>
<p>A thread on this site from 2014 titled 'A Step Back In Time' has on page 4, a link to an advertisement for Professor W E Ballantine, teacher of the banjo (7, 6 and 5 strings also zither banjo) guitar and mandoline. There is also a testimonial dated October 1888. It may be of interest to you.</p>
<p>I don't know how to put the link on this reply, so I hope you can find it in the archives.</p>
<p>Ian.</p> The British Newspaper Archive…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2022-09-13:2667446:Comment:1905072022-09-13T14:32:56.643Znick langtonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/nicklangton
<p>The British Newspaper Archive has some references in 1890/1 to makers Arthur Tilley, John Hutton, Charles Hudson and J E Dallas. The Cammeyer zither banjo was apparently available from the Piccadilly Banjo Studio of Herbert J Ellis in 1889. Richard Spencer and J Clamp are mentioned as makers in 1893. Interestingly, in later advertisements Dallas is claimed to be 'the original inventor and maker of the zither banjo'. He clearly did not invent the term but perhaps the standard model adopted…</p>
<p>The British Newspaper Archive has some references in 1890/1 to makers Arthur Tilley, John Hutton, Charles Hudson and J E Dallas. The Cammeyer zither banjo was apparently available from the Piccadilly Banjo Studio of Herbert J Ellis in 1889. Richard Spencer and J Clamp are mentioned as makers in 1893. Interestingly, in later advertisements Dallas is claimed to be 'the original inventor and maker of the zither banjo'. He clearly did not invent the term but perhaps the standard model adopted for the zither banjo was different in some way from Cammeyer's original design.</p>