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6 string banjo on eBay
My continuing interest in the period of banjo history up to around 1900, has me considering getting a 6 or 7 string instrument.This is currently on eBay UK for £195. I'm not in a desperate rush to buy one, so more out of curiosity, I would appreciate any opinions on it's age, maker and what grade it would have been marketed as. Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by IAN SALTER on
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Permalink Reply by Joel Hooks on
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I am blanking on the name of the maker but I believe these were made in Scotland in the 1920s... it was something ... "improved". Most of them I have seen have had the 5th string running up the side of the neck.
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Just remembered, it is "Buchanan Improvement" from Glasgow Scotland
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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher on
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The positioning of the slots on the nut is strange. Strings 1 -4 are separated in the usual way and then the last two are side by side. The width of the paired slots is not the same. My best guess is that the intention was for a pair of strings tuned in octaves. But then this may not be the original nut.
This does not look like a high end model to me.
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Good call Joel!! Elizabeth Buchanan is on The Vintage Banjo Maker site, with photos of a short scale 6 string with highly decorated all metal pot. The neck and slotted head are very similar. I agree Jody, not high end and certainly an odd nut. It's definitely not what I'm looking for.
I've been talking with Mike Bostock about 6 and 7 stringers and the repertory for them when they were popular and inspired by his recordings, restrung an old small guitar to the 6 string configuration, to play through Ballantine's Complete Banjo Tutor. It's good fun!
I highly recommend anyone to have a go at the 'Excelsior Sand Dance' on page 19.
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