banjo on ebay

[georgewunderlich]

From the Tom Briggs group.. buy a banjo and support a worthy cause-- preserving the proto-banjo tradition in Africa!!!


Dear Friends,
The prize banjo from the Antietam Early Banjo Conference is now online
and available for those who might be interested. I hope that my choice
of wording is acceptable to all of you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170050890581

Thank you once again for being such an amazing group of people sharing
in this very important part of our country's musical history.

Best Regards,
Greg C. Adams

[Old Cremona]

Re: banjo on ebay

In purchasing this banjo, a rich, full, Civil War era look, sound and feel is guarenteed.

The ability to play like Greg Adams is not.:cry_smile

[Horton]

Re: banjo on ebay

That is a good lookin banjo. Quick question- Were most banjos at the time opened back with a few being closed like this one or was it about half and half?

[georgewunderlich]

Re: banjo on ebay

The honest answer is we don't really know...yet. The data base is still in the infant stages.

I have seen several photos of soldiers with double heads so they were still out there in the 1860's. I think half and half is too high. Based on what I have seen 25 to 28% is more accurate. The problem is that in the renactment world they only make up about 1%.

The earliest double tack head I know of dates to the mid 1840's. The latest picture dates to about 1867-70.

I hope this information helps.

[Horton]

Re: banjo on ebay

Thanks for the feedback. That was just one of those questions that I had thought of in my mind but never could find the right info to answer for myself so I just asked it on here. Thanks for the help.