http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/ banjomakers Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:56:13 GMT Jerry Trusty http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5265 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5265 To our folk music friends: It's time to register for the Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering! Come join us September 12-14 in central Pennsylvania for a fun and Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:43:24 GMT RobroAgain http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5264 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5264 I am 72 years old and my first insterment to build and to learn to play was a violin. I have read all I can find and this is the things I have learned. Strad Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:06:41 GMT Carroll Smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5263 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5263 The only thing new here is the nondestructive examination of the wood of a very rare and highly admired instrument made possible by using a different measuring Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:17:07 GMT AG http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5262 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5262 I'm sure that there is still some skill from the maker involved in both the pre war Martins and the violins. There were other violins that were made in the Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:10 GMT Wayne Norman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5261 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5261 Nice hoop on eBay: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:10:05 GMT Wayne Norman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5260 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5260 Now if they could just do the same thing with the pre-war Gibson Mastertones...flat head Granadas in particular, and maybe some Vegas. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:38:32 GMT greg smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5259 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5259 Let's try this again.Well, it seems that, by a CT scan thry finally found out why the Stradivarius violins are so good and no one now can match them. I don¢t Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:22:10 GMT Paul Weiss http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5258 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5258 ... ply ... really ... p.s. I've seen the joint simply overlapped with some kind of copper rivets how is that done ? thanks again Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:47:15 GMT Paul Weiss http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5257 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5257 I want to make a a tack head rim and was wondering how thick should I cut the oak to steam bend it. Also I am thinking it would only be one ply ,like a grain Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:30:31 GMT dave holzer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5256 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5256 just run a string of beads and make them touch the head slightly in between the feet of the bridge. a small hole through the bridge the long way at the bottom Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:05:01 GMT Carroll Smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5255 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5255 Thank you Juel! Lovely! Very lovely! I am going to share this with my daughter who has been studying with an Indian sitarist in the most unlikely place of Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:41:49 GMT Juel http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5254 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5254 ... strings ... strings ... slopes ... similar ... is ... is ... as ... of ... The electric guitar modifications with a sitar type bridge are extensions of the Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:47:43 GMT Carroll Smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5253 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5253 Who was on first, was he not? cas ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:16:41 GMT Tim Smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5252 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5252 -Peter Townshend Who? Tim Smith http://savethebanjos.com ... From: Wayne Norman To: banjomakers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:29 PM Subject: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:29:49 GMT Wayne Norman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5251 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/banjomakers/message/5251 The same thing happened to me, when I was repair at Mandolin Bros. This guitar guy wanted a Mastertone 5-string with a bunch of sympathetic strings. I tried