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Banjeaurine heads-where are they?

Hello all. I am playing my banjeaurine again and want to experiment with a different head. Mine has a 13" skin head and sounds rather 'thum…

Started by Hal Allert in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 30, 2016

Banjeaurine heads-where are they?

Hello all. I am playing my banjeaurine again and want to experiment with a different head. Mine has a 13" skin head and sounds rather 'thum…

Started by Hal Allert in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 30, 2016

Legit or Hybrid?

What do the experts think? Is this a real CE banjo or a "Franken-banjo"? http://www.ebay.com/itm/112184101179?ul_noapp=true

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 29, 2016
Reply by Jody Stecher

Weeping Willow Rag (1911)..Harry Augustus Fischler

This is quite different from the Joplin tune of the same name, it's a melodic rag in C minor/E flat, A flat. Most of it is in single notes,…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

3 Oct 28, 2016
Reply by Jody Stecher

The Castle (Doggy) Foxtrot (1915) James R. Europe and Ford T. Dabney.

This is another tune by James Europe, Dabney is also credited and I would guess that the tune was written by Europe and the Piano score arr…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

3 Oct 26, 2016
Reply by Trapdoor2

What You Missed at The Fall ABF Rally (2016)

We had a fantastic American Banjo Fraternity Rally!  The turnout was huge, one of the biggest in years.  Everyone was playing fantastically…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 23, 2016
Reply by Richard William Ineson

The Darkies' Drill (1902)....Agnes Melville

This is a catchy, early cakewalk and only one of three pieces of music published by the composer about whom I've been unable to find any in…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 22, 2016
Reply by Steve Harrison

Chris Sands' Strings vs. Aquila Strings

Hello all. Elderly Instruments has been out of the Sands' strings for sometime for reasons unknown to me. I need some strings and am used t…

Started by Hal Allert in Classic Banjo

1 Oct 21, 2016
Reply by Jody Stecher

Skeleton Dance Piano MIDI

Does anyone happen to have a MIDI file of the piano accompaniment to Norton Greenop's Skeleton Dance?  If you do & would be willing to…

Started by Andy Chase in Classic Banjo

5 Oct 21, 2016
Reply by Hal Allert

Outdoor banjo

I keep hearing that skin-head banjos (and also nylon strings) are weather sensitive.  I haven't noticed this living in a temperate English…

Started by carrie horgan in Classic Banjo

10 Oct 19, 2016
Reply by Richard William Ineson

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