I'm working on an old banjo that has unusual shoes. The pot is 3 1/3" deep, the shoes are 2 1/4" long, and the bottoms of the shoes have hooks that grab the bottom of the all-metal (non-ferrous, looks like nickel over brass) pot. As a result, there are no penetrations of the pot, similar to the Whyte Laydie construction. The upper part of the shoes are threaded into the side of the tension hoop. The exterior of the tension hoop has decorative, knurled "frames" between the j-hooks.Does anyone…See More

I just got this email message through banjohangout... maybe someone can get this poor fellow's application here approved?:This message was sent to you from jlawjr (jlwebb@colby.edu) via Banjo Hangout:---------------------------------------Hi, Strumelia,I have been trying to join the minstrelbanjo.ning group. It has been a couple of months and I haven't received a response from the administrator in charge of the…See More

From Elias Howe’s Complete Preceptor for the Banjo, 1851.

From Buckley, 1868.

From Henry Worrall’s “Eclectic Guitar Instructor,” 1862.