Yes Sir Ernest, on with the thread we go!

Well in this book 'Ring the Banjar' they did go on to say......
With the early players most of the banjos had tacked-down heads of woodchuck or sometimes domestic cat. The overpopulation of cats in the mountains suggested this source of supply. Banjo makers have used cats for a very long time for heads and strings.
Usually "chicken-killen" cats.


Little Neo