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Yarney's Ideal..1910..(Negro Sketch)..F.W.Stimson

This tune sounds to me as if it was based on, or is a copy of, an early stroke style banjo tune. I could find no information about the comp…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 May 18, 2025

Best classic era manufacturer?

I'm curious who everyone thinks the best manufacturer of banjos was during the classic era. That is all.

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

0 May 17, 2025

The Irish Foxtrot..1915..Paul Biese aka Percy Hawthorn Sudborough.

This is a well written compilation of a variety of Irish melodies given the ragtime/foxtrot treatment.  Biese was a prolific composer of po…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 May 17, 2025

Alfred Weaver from 1910

Well, the shield is engraved “R. Veeck Sydney 1910”.  So that could be when Veeck bought it, ordered it, or was given it (a “presentation b…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

0 May 16, 2025

John Alvey Turner Banjo for sale in UK

(I received this message today from David, so please message him if you are interested in his banjo.) The time has now come when I wish…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

1 May 15, 2025
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Laybourn's Hornpipe

I first heard this tune in the early 1980s from some musicians from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 100 years earlier (1881) it had been printed…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

0 May 15, 2025

CLOWNE BANJO RALLY

Just a reminder to all interested in Banjos, The Clowne Banjo Rally is on this Saturday, 17th May. see the EVENTS SECTION for details. All…

Started by Keith Wilson in Classic Banjo

3 May 13, 2025
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A Work in Progress: The Grants Hornpipe

I'm nearly done with transcribing a banjo arrangement of a Scottish hornpipe called The Grants. The title has no apostrophe because the app…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

5 May 10, 2025
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Sheehan's Reel

Sheehan's Reel is well-known in Ireland, the USA, and especially in the Canadian Maritime provinces where it is believed to have been compo…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

10 May 9, 2025
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The Royal Rag..1899..Tom North

This is a very good early example of ragtime. It's the only known composition by Tom North. All that is known about him is that he was born…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 May 9, 2025

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