For enthusiasts of early banjo
Scanning Period Books
A little off topic... I just acquired two rare books from the minstrel era, one of which may be of interest to people here. It is titled "Christy's Bones and Banjo: Melodist" and it contains the lyrics to some of the Christy's Minstrels songs as well as scripts for their different acts. It's essentially a minstrel show in a book. I'd like to scan it to make a digital copy, but the book is very fragile, and i think the cover will fall off if I try to open it wide enough to scan. Any ideas how to proceed?
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Permalink Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones on
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I was scanning some period drill manuals some time ago for posting on the Drill Network, and had the same concern. I did happen on a hand held scanner that enabled me to scan the pages one at a time, without having to force the books completely flat. Something like that should work in your case.
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Permalink Reply by John Cohen on
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That sounds promising- I didn't know such a thing existed. Is that something that a library might have, or should I go ahead and order one?
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Its something I ran into online quite a while ago. Its an HP product, though I am sure this particular model is long since discontinued. It wouldn't hurt to check with your library.
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Dan'l- thanks for the advice. I am aware of the copyright issues and I agree with you that theoretically it could become a problem. For now my only interest is in sharing the material with those who are interested. I did a search when I purchased the books to see if any digital copies exist, and they don't. It appears that there are only a couple of other copies in existence residing in university libraries. My a copy is complete, which is a plus. I will look into some different options and do what is best for the books.
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Permalink Reply by Wes Merchant on
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Yes! That is one of them. The other is from 1856 and is called Charley White's New Illustrated Book of Black Wit. It has some illustrations of banjos in it.
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Permalink Reply by EggerRidgeBoy on
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I realize this is largely off-topic and of no particular importance to the discussion at hand, but I was fascinated by the following statement on the frontispiece:
GUARANTEE. THIS LITTLE VOLUME POSTIVELY CONTAINS NO CHESTNUTS ON MOTHERS-IN-LAW, BOARDING HOUSE BUTTER, THE GIRL - HER BEAU AND ICE CREAM, OR CLIPPINGS FROM "LONDON PUNCH".
I would not have guessed that even in the 1860s mother-in-law jokes were considered hopelessly clichéd and out-of-date. Obviously they nevertheless have survived into the 21st century, unlike those other hoary standards, the boarding house butter jokes (can't help but wonder about that set-up and punch line
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