closest banjo for Texas Independence Reenactment - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T21:24:19Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/closest-banjo-for-texas-independence-reenactment?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A86909&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNothing authentic about the t…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:870682013-03-21T17:59:03.127Zrazynhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/razyn
<p>Nothing authentic about the thread -- that was just an inept reconstruction for display sometime. They used gut strings, and probably a (silk?) wound bass if available -- and in Texas, it probably wasn't. I do have a 1971 b&w photo showing the original bridge, that was lost by the time these photos were taken.</p>
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<p>Nothing authentic about the thread -- that was just an inept reconstruction for display sometime. They used gut strings, and probably a (silk?) wound bass if available -- and in Texas, it probably wasn't. I do have a 1971 b&w photo showing the original bridge, that was lost by the time these photos were taken.</p>
<p></p> kinda looks like waxed thread…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869092013-03-21T17:28:46.560ZSteve Jeterhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/SteveJeter
<p>kinda looks like waxed thread for string?</p>
<p>kinda looks like waxed thread for string?</p> OK, since that worked, I'll p…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:870642013-03-21T17:19:50.161Zrazynhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/razyn
<p>OK, since that worked, I'll post the other three I saved. These were taken by the curator at The Hermitage, at my request, in 2007. They used to be posted (with several others) in the Files area of that Google group, but Google quit supporting that feature. I saved six of them before that part of the site was disabled.</p>
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<p>OK, since that worked, I'll post the other three I saved. These were taken by the curator at The Hermitage, at my request, in 2007. They used to be posted (with several others) in the Files area of that Google group, but Google quit supporting that feature. I saved six of them before that part of the site was disabled.</p>
<p></p> thank you,,, beautiful banjo,…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869042013-03-21T17:10:46.119ZSteve Jeterhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/SteveJeter
<p>thank you,,, beautiful banjo,,, I know its weird ,,, but I find these old beauties much more attractive than new "pretty" ones</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>thank you,,, beautiful banjo,,, I know its weird ,,, but I find these old beauties much more attractive than new "pretty" ones</p>
<p>thanks</p> I think you need to copy the…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869002013-03-21T17:04:34.332Zrazynhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/razyn
<p>I think you need to copy the whole url (through XYU) and paste it into your browser, rather than just clicking on it. Something about Ning made part of the url not translate into html.</p>
<p>I'll see if I can upload a photo here. Sometimes I can make that trick work -- not always.</p>
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<p>I think you need to copy the whole url (through XYU) and paste it into your browser, rather than just clicking on it. Something about Ning made part of the url not translate into html.</p>
<p>I'll see if I can upload a photo here. Sometimes I can make that trick work -- not always.</p>
<p></p> Razyn could get link to work…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869732013-03-21T16:54:08.249ZSteve Jeterhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/SteveJeter
<p>Razyn could get link to work,,, love to see photos if you could pm some thank you</p>
<p>Razyn could get link to work,,, love to see photos if you could pm some thank you</p> In that the war for Texas ind…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869702013-03-21T16:16:59.940Zrazynhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/razyn
<p>In that the war for Texas independence was largely fought by Tennesseans, I'd think the one that used to be at The Hermitage would qualify. It was reclaimed by a member of the family that lent it to the museum (in 1922), but I believe he was planning to display it when the Banjo Collectors met in Nashville in 2010. I believe James Hartel would know about that, he was corresponding with the banjo's owner that summer.</p>
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<p>In 2007 I pestered the old Tom Briggs group (before this…</p>
<p>In that the war for Texas independence was largely fought by Tennesseans, I'd think the one that used to be at The Hermitage would qualify. It was reclaimed by a member of the family that lent it to the museum (in 1922), but I believe he was planning to display it when the Banjo Collectors met in Nashville in 2010. I believe James Hartel would know about that, he was corresponding with the banjo's owner that summer.</p>
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<p>In 2007 I pestered the old Tom Briggs group (before this Ning one started) with a thread about the Hermitage banjo, and for better and worse that may still be read here (but I believe the photo files have been lost): </p>
<p><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#</a>!topic/tom-briggs/c5A4gZxmXYU</p>
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<p>I copied several of the photos and could PM them to you if it's of interest -- and if somebody didn't take better ones at the 2010 collectors meeting.</p> For what it's worth, we know…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-03-21:2477478:Comment:869642013-03-21T15:40:21.185ZGreg Adamshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/GregAdams
<p>For what it's worth, we know of at least one Boucher that made it to Texas (and is still there), but as far as I know made it to Texas because it was carried by a Civil War soldier.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, we know of at least one Boucher that made it to Texas (and is still there), but as far as I know made it to Texas because it was carried by a Civil War soldier.</p>