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"Not to get off topic, but I've always wondered about minstrels playing ornate banjos…" John Cohen replied Aug 8, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"The nicely made one-off banjos, or instruments made with professionals in mind. If…" John Cohen replied Aug 8, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"That's a great example of 19th century advertising, since we know Boucher banjos wer…" John Cohen replied Aug 7, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"Bob, do you think these banjos could have been Bouchets? I remember reading somewhe…" John Cohen replied Aug 7, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"Thanks Bob for the ads! I'll look through them as soon as I get the chance." John Cohen replied Aug 7, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"Dan'l, the heavy gauge wire strings that would be required for the C or D tuning wou…" John Cohen replied Aug 7, 2014 to Metal strings	26	Aug 9, 2014 Reply by Strumelia
"Thanks Bob for your input. Can you share some of these newspaper clippings? I'd lo…" John Cohen replied Aug 6, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"I'm not sure why the thread was closed. Our discussion was civil- no personal insul…" John Cohen replied Aug 6, 2014 to Another "Stupid" Question	38	Oct 8, 2014 Reply by John Cohen
"We don't know that, though. It's possible they were handwriting these tunes out and…" John Cohen replied Aug 6, 2014 to Now for my first "stupid" question.	13	Aug 6, 2014 Reply by John Masciale
"Ian, I mentioned in my first post that there are some Celtic tunes re-purposed for u…" John Cohen replied Aug 6, 2014 to Now for my first "stupid" question.	13	Aug 6, 2014 Reply by John Masciale

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