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Thread #67159   Message #2522812
Posted By: bubblyrat
23-Dec-08 - 05:43 AM
Thread Name: Banjo: Windsor' Whirle '
Subject: RE: Banjo: Windsor' Whirle '
I played a "Windsor" banjo for years,mostly when I was in the Navy.I gave a bloke from Sidmouth £10 for it in 1966.I remember that it was quite heavy for its size,had a wooden resonator,and the headstock had 5 tuning-pegs, the fifth string being led down a tube at the point where a "normal" 5th-string tuner would be.It souded very good, was much admired,and an oft-heard remark was " That banjo wasn't MADE, it was BUILT !! " Well, it did seem a bit over-engineered to me too, but that helped it survive three years aboard HMS Eagle and numerous soakings in Tiger beer (and other fluids ).I hadn't realised that Windsor was a maker----I thought that it was a generic term for that style ( 5th string tuned at headstock) of banjo, but now, today, I know different !! ----Isn't the internet a wonderful thing ? !!! And the banjo looked COMPLETELY out of place in "Larkrise" !