The early banjo in North Alabama... - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T09:41:26Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-early-banjo-in-north-alabama?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A180851&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Joel,
Yes, I'd like to se…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2019-10-30:2477478:Comment:1808512019-10-30T01:15:07.544ZTrapdoor2https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Hi Joel, </p>
<p>Yes, I'd like to see a copy. There were a few ads in the local papers for pianos from a company based in Memphis...no banjos though. Pianos were very popular, of course. I found some early ads for Knabe pianos...one of which sits in my living room, scheduled to be reduced to a pile of c.1895 "tone-wood" soon.</p>
<p>Hi Joel, </p>
<p>Yes, I'd like to see a copy. There were a few ads in the local papers for pianos from a company based in Memphis...no banjos though. Pianos were very popular, of course. I found some early ads for Knabe pianos...one of which sits in my living room, scheduled to be reduced to a pile of c.1895 "tone-wood" soon.</p> I can't help you with Alabama…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2019-10-29:2477478:Comment:1810652019-10-29T18:16:43.860ZJoel Hookshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>I can't help you with Alabama. You mentioned Nashville. I do have ads for Frank Converse's school and lessons in Memphis, 1855.</p>
<p>I can't help you with Alabama. You mentioned Nashville. I do have ads for Frank Converse's school and lessons in Memphis, 1855.</p> No doubt, Tim. I had done som…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2019-10-29:2477478:Comment:1810622019-10-29T16:34:45.823ZTrapdoor2https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>No doubt, Tim. I had done some really surface scratching about 10 yrs ago...finding nothing at all. I didn't really have the time. I knew this was a fairly important hub for Alabama in the 19th Cent., it had been a temporary state-capital in 1819 and the county was one of the largest cotton producers in the South. There had been a folk-tradition of banjo playing in nearby Sand Mountain from at least the 1890s but I wanted to see if I could trace the early banjo's footprints here in…</p>
<p>No doubt, Tim. I had done some really surface scratching about 10 yrs ago...finding nothing at all. I didn't really have the time. I knew this was a fairly important hub for Alabama in the 19th Cent., it had been a temporary state-capital in 1819 and the county was one of the largest cotton producers in the South. There had been a folk-tradition of banjo playing in nearby Sand Mountain from at least the 1890s but I wanted to see if I could trace the early banjo's footprints here in town.</p>
<p>I gotta get the primary research done soon. We're moving to SC in January.</p>