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Is the item shown on this page as an unknown artifact a 19th c. banjo pick?
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Mark G. Lewis
Formerly with the "State's Rights Guard" & the 10th Texas @ Pickett's Mill
"I was told that even if a regiment was clothed in proper uniform by the Government, it would be parti-colored again in a week, as the soldiers preferred wearing the coarse home-spun jackets and trousers made by their mothers and sisters at home. The Generals very wisely allow them to please themselves in this respect"~Freemantle~ -
Re: Banjo Pick?
That's purty interesting, it does indeed look like a period banjo "thimble." The face of it looks to be "curduroyed," however--that would give a very raspy and unpleasant sound and tend to tear up gut strings.[FONT="Book Antiqua"]Carl Anderton[/FONT]
[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="2"]"A very good idea of the old style of playing may be formed by referring to the [I]Briggs Banjo Instructor."[/I][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT="Palatino Linotype"][B]Albert Baur, Sgt., Co. A, 102nd Regiment, NY Volunteer Infantry.[/B][/FONT]
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