Heather Masterton's Blog – February 2010 Archive (2)

George C. Dobson and Frank B. Converse books up again on eBay

Friends,

The eBay auctions on my two 1870's banjo books ran for their first week, and are now in our eBay 'store'.

Offers accepted!

They are:

1887 Frank B. Converse Analytical Banjo Method

http://bit.ly/8Y6X6u

and:

1877 Dobson's New System…

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Added by Heather Masterton on February 9, 2010 at 2:14 — No Comments

Anybody know the names of Hot Honk, Louis Hanson, Bart Drake, J.A. Sennoff, Jr? (on a Vega s/n 36593)

Friends,

In our Kovel's Collector's Gallery newsletter, a correspondent posted a photo of a banjo marked,"Fairbanks Banjo, made by the Vega Company, Boston, Mass."

On the inside are several signatures and dates, all in the early 1920s.

They are:

- Hot Honk, Louis Hanson, Bart Drake, J.A. Sennoff, Jr, and others.

Anybody know these names?

According to Kovel's the instrument's serial number 36593, means it was manufactured between 1915 and…

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Added by Heather Masterton on February 9, 2010 at 2:07 — 7 Comments

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