"Yes there were such cases. The Regal banjo model was introduced by CE in the 1930s By then excellent cases were being made in the USA. Lifton and Geib were two manufacturers of great cases. In the UK I'm not sure."
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"This is an old Regal. It looks like every CE Regal I have seen or played.
The lining of the case looks suspiciously clean and new. But the outer part looks like many 80, 90, and 100 year old cases I have seen. Cases do not automatically fall…"
"I am glad to know my complaint was well-received by *someone*. It only matters because the zither is an actual instrument, one with strings. A Monk Fish is not a monk, a bulb of Elephant Garlic is not an elephant, and so on...."
"What did the early 60s plectrum banjo players use for a third string? Plated steel? A wound string? Gut? Something else?"
"Feel free however to put both pudding in and wheels on your zither-banjo #3. (the bad one)"
"Austin,
Every post in this thread offers an opinion on zither-banjos. So you know the answer(s) to your first question.To whom is your question addressed?
As for your second question, stringing it like a zither would require a minimum of 27 strings!…"
"You are right that the type of strings do not change the identity of the physical banjo. But the strings do affect its functioning as a banjo and its functioning as a zither-banjo in its historic and cultural context. The type of strings…"
"Thanks, Now I understand, thanks to the clearer photos. "
"This conversation is getting confusing for me. What is being referred to by the word "fretwork? What is the banjo pictured in here, with the round holes in the tan circle? And where is the silk and fretwork? The ornate metal…"
"Well spotted, Ian. The veneer is not walnut as described. It is Amboyna, This banjo was made by John G Abbott for Barnes & Mullins. The split 2nd fret suggests it is an early one, possibly pre 1905. I would bid for this myself if…"
"Oh, Eric was... still is..... a skilled Irish tenor banjo player. After learning repertoire from immigrant box players Joe Cooley and Kevin Keegan. Eric even spent a year living in rural county Sligo absorbing the music, Cathie was Cathie…"
"Are you the fingerpicking cittern player? Good daring stuff with verve, whether or not that's you. Where are you located? There are well-informed banjo repair folks all over. Out here in the Bay Area Paul Hostetter was the man but…"
"As you have observed, this banjo has gone through changes. Yes, the tailpiece and tuners have been replaced. I have no idea what to make of the wooden flange or the coordinator rods. The Boudoir Grand is a good banjo model but even in…"
"And there are sometimes passages where the melody is on one or both of the lower strings and the higher metal strings play chords. Yes, the chief musical characteristic of zither-banjo is having different voices in one…"
"I have had the opposite experience for the most part. For open back banjos set up to play "classic banjo"/period music with synthetic or gut strings, a short sustain is ideal. The single wood, two footed bridge provides that. The…"
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Banjo Benches at San Francisco Airport!
I was taking a flight out a new terminal at San Francisco the other day and was surprised and amused to see the shape of some comfortable new benches with a new shape. Off topic because they look like plectrum banjos? No indeed, these are Zither Banjo Benches! I'm afraid my mobile phone takes horrible quality pictures but at least the shape was captured. The wave of the future?
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Farland Metal banjo head on ebay
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clear photos of the missing banjo
Note the copper bass string, the red binding around the pot and the inlay "The Cammeyer Vibrante Royal" These are distinctive.
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:16
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- At 4:06 on April 7, 2009,
Trapdoor2 said…
- Jody, regarding the banjo I'm playing in my videos: that's one of Bob Flesher's "Cotillion" (12") models; my main axe for about 6 yrs. Thanks for the kind remarks, I've gone from archtop Stelling "shrill" to "tubby" over the years (in more ways than one!). I have a fiberskyn head on it, Aquila Nylgut strings and one of those Cole 5-footed bridges. I have a small collection of banjos but the Flesher gets all the playing time these days.
- At 5:54pm on March 14, 2010, Joel Hooks gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- At 8:11 on August 19, 2010,
Liz McElwain said…
- Thanks, Jody. Hope to be able to meet you over the Didmarton weekend.
- At 17:08 on September 11, 2010,
Anthony Peabody said…
- I enjoyed meeting you at Backwell, and I am afraid that I assumed that you were a newcomer to Banjo, so please erase from your hard drive any superfluous and quite unnecessary advice. You don't need any encouragement either. I was the bass banjo at the end of the line, filling in the blanks, and wishing I could play better. So you see, you encorage me!
Anthony Peabody
- At 17:48 on December 22, 2010,
Eric STEFANELLI said…
Thanks Jody, to add me as a friend, i am deeply honored !
I would be to give you some piece of information about my banjos making, give me please your e-mail, mine is : eric.pat-luths@orange.fr .
About your music, many people in France like bluegrass & old timey music, and play it, there is many bands, many american banjo players come to France every years to teach, and have many pupils, there is summer country festivals...i was myself a pupil of Tony Trishka in 1978 and and Ben Eldrige in 1982/83, but we can speak about it by mail. Classic banjo is unknow or very few people know this kind of banjo music.
Eric
- At 14:09 on August 3, 2011,
Pam Tointon said…
Thank you Jody I enjoyed that. Nice to hear an original composition, but well beyond me yet as a beginner I'm afraid.
regards Pam
- At 12:51 on October 18, 2011,
Neil Angus Goodwin said…
- Thankyou for the info, that might explain why it is the only Cammeyer I have seen with the metal bands.
- At 23:51 on March 5, 2012,
allan ideson said…
thanks jody for your input.ime a guitarist .i have good instruments ...this banjo .has a lot of volume .also the neck and fingerboard are a work of art .after all these years the neck is straight .....no truss rod.when i master the beast ill put some tunes on ....thanks...allan
- At 21:34 on March 8, 2012,
skip sail said…
hi Jody,met you on your australian tour,we talked Fred Macdowell and Robert Petway and jammed a bit on some fingerpicked blues at Camperdown. Thanks for the welcome to the forum! Skip
- At 7:32am on May 14, 2012, thereallyniceman gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- Jody, Bill and Scott get out the glasses and have a celebratory drink on me! Ian, thereallyniceman
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