New Banjo! - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T20:34:44Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/new-banjo-5?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A108742&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJohn--All my 1860-1870's fact…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1085812014-03-20T03:34:00.795ZRob Morrisonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>John--All my 1860-1870's factory made banjos have square headstocks. The 1880's banjos or later have some form of figure eight or "double bubble" headstocks.</p>
<p>John--All my 1860-1870's factory made banjos have square headstocks. The 1880's banjos or later have some form of figure eight or "double bubble" headstocks.</p> Rob, thanks a lot! The eagles…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1086502014-03-20T03:10:52.384ZJohn Cohenhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnCohen
Rob, thanks a lot! The eagles in that catalogue are the same, but the banjos have different headstocks and do not have the crude spun over rim. Also, the banjo with four brackets is a piccolo. It is possible my banjo is homemade but utilizes some parts ordered from Buckbee.
Rob, thanks a lot! The eagles in that catalogue are the same, but the banjos have different headstocks and do not have the crude spun over rim. Also, the banjo with four brackets is a piccolo. It is possible my banjo is homemade but utilizes some parts ordered from Buckbee. John--It took me a while, but…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1086492014-03-20T02:55:40.473ZRob Morrisonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>John--It took me a while, but I figured it out. Google "Ring the Banjar." Click on the book on the Amazon site. Click on "Look Inside." At the bottom of "Look Inside" there will be a little window that says "search." Type "p. 19" in the window. Click on the little icon to the right of the search window. The catalogue page should appear.</p>
<p>John--It took me a while, but I figured it out. Google "Ring the Banjar." Click on the book on the Amazon site. Click on "Look Inside." At the bottom of "Look Inside" there will be a little window that says "search." Type "p. 19" in the window. Click on the little icon to the right of the search window. The catalogue page should appear.</p> Do you have a link to the cat…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1087442014-03-20T02:09:42.741ZJohn Cohenhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnCohen
<p>Do you have a link to the catalog? It sounds very interesting.</p>
<p>Do you have a link to the catalog? It sounds very interesting.</p> John--Your eagle castings are…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1085802014-03-20T02:03:15.232ZRob Morrisonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>John--Your eagle castings are slightly different from those on a banjo of mine that I'm certain is a Buckbee, and that, if not made in the 1860's, is at least the exact same model that was. It was common practice back then to affix metal plates over the fingerboard to prevent divots. I've never seen a crude metal cladding on a banjo pot like yours before, but then I'm always seeing new things. Eagle bracket banjos with as few as four or six hooks appeared in the 1895-1896 Pollman…</p>
<p>John--Your eagle castings are slightly different from those on a banjo of mine that I'm certain is a Buckbee, and that, if not made in the 1860's, is at least the exact same model that was. It was common practice back then to affix metal plates over the fingerboard to prevent divots. I've never seen a crude metal cladding on a banjo pot like yours before, but then I'm always seeing new things. Eagle bracket banjos with as few as four or six hooks appeared in the 1895-1896 Pollman instrument catalogue, but they hadn't really changed much, if at all from those made much earlier and were probably a byproduct of inexpensive interchangeable parts and cheap labor and materials. </p> I stand by my thought that…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1086472014-03-20T01:05:52.990ZJohn Cohenhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnCohen
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<p>I stand by my thought that the brass plate on the fingerboard is not original to the neck. I've attached a couple of images that hopefully show this as well as I can see it with my own eyes. Before the plate was attached, pits in the…</p>
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<p>I stand by my thought that the brass plate on the fingerboard is not original to the neck. I've attached a couple of images that hopefully show this as well as I can see it with my own eyes. Before the plate was attached, pits in the fingerboard were filled with wood to even out the board. Additionally, the brass plate is not perfectly rectangular and curves both inwards and outwards to fit the neck perfectly. When the banjo is tuned to D, the plate is only long enough to cover the notes up to C# on the high A string, which isn't exactly convenient. If I had added the plate, I would have made it long enough to reach the fifth string peg.</p> There were some Charles W. Re…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1087422014-03-20T00:36:55.929ZJohn Cohenhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnCohen
<p>There were some Charles W. Reynolds who served in the Civil War. I plan on checking the handwriting in the head to that on any draft documents I can find. I have no idea if the head is original, or why Charles Wayne Reynolds signed the head twice. The name doesn't seem to have been very common.</p>
<p>There were some Charles W. Reynolds who served in the Civil War. I plan on checking the handwriting in the head to that on any draft documents I can find. I have no idea if the head is original, or why Charles Wayne Reynolds signed the head twice. The name doesn't seem to have been very common.</p> Rob, have you seen any banjos…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1086442014-03-20T00:33:37.742ZJohn Cohenhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnCohen
<p>Rob, have you seen any banjos like this before with six hooks and (poorly) clad rim? Also, what about those tuning pegs!?</p>
<p>Rob, have you seen any banjos like this before with six hooks and (poorly) clad rim? Also, what about those tuning pegs!?</p> John--This banjo appears to b…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-20:2477478:Comment:1085732014-03-20T00:24:49.264ZRob Morrisonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>John--This banjo appears to be one of the composite marriages of a pot and neck from different banjos. The odd thing about the pot is the metal cladding on an instrument with only six manufactured hooks and eagle shoes. Great find. That is my kind of banjo. </p>
<p>John--This banjo appears to be one of the composite marriages of a pot and neck from different banjos. The odd thing about the pot is the metal cladding on an instrument with only six manufactured hooks and eagle shoes. Great find. That is my kind of banjo. </p> Very cool! I'm jealous!
I hav…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-19:2477478:Comment:1085702014-03-19T23:59:58.198ZJim Jacquethttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JimJacquet
<p>Very cool! I'm jealous!</p>
<p>I have two banjos from the 1870s, and both have brass on the lower fretboard--think it was just done to make a slicker surface to note the banjo on.</p>
<p>You got a keeper!</p>
<p>Jim Jacquet</p>
<p>author of An Informal History Of The Banjo,</p>
<p>an ebook available on Amazon.</p>
<p>Very cool! I'm jealous!</p>
<p>I have two banjos from the 1870s, and both have brass on the lower fretboard--think it was just done to make a slicker surface to note the banjo on.</p>
<p>You got a keeper!</p>
<p>Jim Jacquet</p>
<p>author of An Informal History Of The Banjo,</p>
<p>an ebook available on Amazon.</p>