Minstrel Banjo

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"Oh, and by the way, Latrobe was no casual artist but is known as the "Father of Amer…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"But here is another gourd banjo with no thumb string. This one was found and drawn b…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"Joel, that is a blemish on the lithographic pull, signified by the interruption of t…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"Al, I never took it to be anything but rhetorical. Hey, are you coming to the Early…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"Tim, I entertained that idea at one time as well. But when I explored B. W. Thayer's…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"Al, perhaps because some players, particularly those who jumped to the banjo from gu…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"Most of the 1840 sheet music of Sweeny show him playing a four long stringed instrum…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 7, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"However, the Hans Sloane drawing published in the early 1700's shows no thumb string…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 6, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"I'm having a hard time seeing the photo too clearly, Bob."

Mark Weems replied Feb 6, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

"I chose these two, among many pictorial representations of different types of banjo'…"

Mark Weems replied Feb 6, 2014 to Look Ma! No Thumb String!

91 May 10, 2014
Reply by Leonidas (Lee) Jones

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