Did the one you gave them last year ever sell? Just wondering. I remember seeing it on TV with no bids. After all that hard work someone should have appreciated it.
Did the one you gave them last year ever sell? Just wondering. I remember seeing it on TV with no bids. After all that hard work someone should have appreciated it.
Somebody from Ch10 called to see if I'd donate THIS year, and I told them that IF the last one didn't bring in much, I may as well NOT spend the time and effort. It would be simpler to send them a small check.
She claimed to be looking it up on the computer, and then told me it went for a hundred.
Hope she wasn't lying, just to con me into doing another one.
Mike I really like these builds you do - to my mind they capture the essence of what a banjo is about and where they came from
I am a big Terry Pratchett fan and there is a quote I love from A Hat Full of Sky where a character is given a pendent of a horse which is shaped like one of the ancient chalk hill pictures. The stylised outline is described as follows:
“Taint what a horse looks like, it’s what a horse be.”
That sort of summarises how I see your builds if you know what I mean - love the sound clip
Then I saw some of the devastatingly beautiful banjos being built by people who weren't in a hurry to cobble some crap together, and I dropped the "Banjo Maker" portion of my screen name.
I also am a Terry Pratchett fan.
And one advantage of doing what I do, the way I do it, is the tremendous SURPRISE that I get, every time one of may banjos turns out to SOUND like a banjo!!
I've been looking at your posts for a while getting ideas on teaching a short banjo making class at the craft center where I sometimes teach woodworking. The class could be no longer than 7 3-hour sessions, which would probably equate to maybe only slightly more time into a banjo than you have into yours. Many of the people would have very little if any woodworking experience. Your ideas make this timeline into a do-able thing!
Hey Velocity the Plott Hound is a long way from her roots down here where she is a representative of the Official State Dogs of North Carolina, probably she was hoping for some Scruggs style stuff. Going to show your 6 hour banjo to one of the shop teachers where I work, looks like something a student might like to try out as a senior project.
You can only see THREE banjos and a dulcimer in the background. Trust me, there are a few more beyond the frame. That laser-cut metal banjo picker in the window was a 70th birthday gift from a former banjo student, and current BHO member, Mike Greylak.
