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"Hi Steve, FWIW mandolins did not become popular or even widely known in the US until…"

Joel Hooks replied Sep 25, 2018 to Fretting over fretless

 21 Sep 19, 2019
Reply by John Masciale

"Al, common= early 1880s.  Very uncommon but did exist mid 1850s."

Joel Hooks replied Sep 24, 2018 to Fretting over fretless

 21 Sep 19, 2019
Reply by John Masciale

"According to Albert Baur, who knew Frank Converse, the pitch of the banjo was in A b…"

Joel Hooks replied Jul 22, 2018 to Briggs' to A/E notation

 20 Aug 4, 2018
Reply by Trapdoor2

"Um, COOL! I'll give it a going over this weekend.  Don't forget to put 2018 on the…"

Joel Hooks replied Jul 20, 2018 to Briggs' to A/E notation

 20 Aug 4, 2018
Reply by Trapdoor2

"Hi Tim, this looks great!  Good Job!!! How much work would there be in transposing i…"

Joel Hooks replied Jul 13, 2018 to Yellow Converse in Sane Notation

 3 Jul 13, 2018
Reply by Timothy Twiss

"Hi M'lou,  Congratulations on taking the plunge to do it right. Do a search here, on…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 26, 2018 to Reading musical notation for the various Tutor books

 37 Jul 15, 2018
Reply by M'lou Brubaker

"Could it be that part of your tuning problems are with the strings?  Violins were gu…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 21, 2018 to Violin tuning

 34 Jun 21, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"You are welcome Paul!  Check out starting on page 64 there are a bunch of Frank Conv…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 11, 2018 to Tutor for the Banjo Selected Arranged and Composed by Otto Langey

 4 Jun 12, 2018
Reply by Timothy Twiss

"We had a "Baur" themed American Banjo Fraternity Rally some rallies back.  We discov…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 5, 2018 to The Banjoist's Budget

 6 Jun 7, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"MFA has some regular style. http://www.mfa.org/collections/musical-instruments/tour/…"

Joel Hooks replied Apr 3, 2018 to Original Bones?

 6 Apr 3, 2018
Reply by Strumelia

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