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Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

8zappa — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:57:22 GMT

Hi Greg, The Boucher banjo has been relisted.

Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

8zappa — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:38:00 GMT

Hi, The Boucher Banjo is currently listed on ebay.

Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

dann0rama — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:39:33 GMT

Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

dann0rama — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:38:32 GMT

Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

Greg Adams — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:57:58 GMT

This appears to be a very good looking extant Boucher. I am familiar with approximately 36 extant Boucher banjos. This would make it 37. It has all of the tell

Re: Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

Carroll Smith — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:39:46 GMT

I am no collector or authority but Boucher is reputed to be one of the first commercial builders of banjos. What you have found may well turn out to be

Information appreciated on old Boucher banjo

dann0rama — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:39:29 GMT

Hi, I'm new to banjos in general and this group. Thanks for allowing me to be here! I would very much appreciate any opinions as to what exactly I have. I

Re: Looking for Hoop

Wayne Norman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:58:17 GMT

"Always drink upstream from the herd." ________________________________ From: Tim Smith To: banjomakers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,

Re: Looking for Hoop

Tim Smith — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:05:22 GMT

Hi Wayne; I have in my sweaty little hand a brass tension hoop that is 10 5/8" nominal inside diameter. It is 15/32" tall and 1/8" thick. It is beveled on

Looking for Hoop

Wayne Norman — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:35:25 GMT

Any of you renovators have a spare tension hoop to fit a 10-5/8" pot? I would appreciate any leads. Wayne Norman [Non-text portions of this message have been

Re: Banjo heads

greg smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:45:01 GMT

If you read in the StewMac catalog on the page where the heads are advertised it will explain which height of head you need for which banjo. I put a premounted

Re: Banjo heads

Carroll Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:12:43 GMT

In order to get the head level with the top of the tensioning hoop, you will want a crown the same height as the width of the hoop if it is a plastic head. If

Re: Banjo heads

porter2524@... — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:33:54 GMT

Great--got one ready to go for the Tubaphone.? But supposing I did want to go w/ synthetics, how do you go about chooseing the right head for thejob? David P

Re: Banjo heads

lew s — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:28:22 GMT

Go the skin route. You won't be unhappy, especially with the Tubaphone, Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo Hospital 120A Overlook Road Staunton,

Re: Banjo heads

porter2524@... — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:18:09 GMT

I've got three headless instruments: a Tubaphone, a Whyte Ladye, and one with a plain rolled brass ring from StewMac.? But what kind of head goes on each??