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07 Mar 04 - 03:35 AM (#1130736) Subject: mini guitar-banjos? From: Roger the Skiffler Another "what is that instrument?" thread, I'm afraid. I've just come back from a few days in Edinburgh and saw an unusual instrument in a pawn shop window: a small 6-string banjo with a very small pot: 4" or 5" diameter only. To my surprise there were two others the same in among the assorted cameras, squeeze boxes etc in the same window. I'm an inveterate window shopper in music shops but I've never seen a 6-string banjo this small. Is it unusual? Are they banjoleles with ideas above their station or guitar-banjos that have been left out in the rain? A Scottish speciality or someone's failed experiment? I'm sure a banjo expert out there may know. Leadfingers probably has one! RtS (naive questions a speciality) |
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07 Mar 04 - 05:21 AM (#1130755) Subject: RE: mini guitar-banjos? From: Dave Hanson Sounds like a banjolin with two pegs missing. eric |
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07 Mar 04 - 05:54 AM (#1130761) Subject: RE: mini guitar-banjos? From: Leadfingers Sorry Roger- Outside my sphere of knowledge this time. You should have brought one down to show me, or got a piccie to put up. |
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08 Mar 04 - 10:11 AM (#1131418) Subject: RE: mini guitar-banjos? From: Roger the Skiffler DOH! I had the digital camera in my pocket as well, Terry, and never thought of that! Mind you, the window was dirty and the shop pretty dark. I suppose I could have gone in and said, "I'm not buying but could I photograph those banjos?" but would probably have got the Edinburgh equivalent of a Glasgow Kiss! RtS |