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Aluminum Rim Outcasts

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So you can come out of the closet and admit that you own and pick one of these indestructable banjos!

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From Laurence Diehl on 2/1/2011 9:05:41 AM

Like many others here, I didn't set out to buy an aluminium rim banjo - it just happened. I like my Baldwin/Ode a lot - it has a really nice neck and a bell-like tone. There is a story out there that the metal for the rims - which is aircraft grade - was culled from Stuka bombers of the German Luftwaffe. Kind of like turning plowshares into swords but in reverse. I don't know if that's true, but who cares? it's a good story. People still refer to my banjo as a 'learner' banjo, but thats the cross we alum rim players have to bear!

Laurence

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	Klondike Waldo says: 2/1/2011 11:13:37 AM Bear the cross with humility and zeal, then! Evidently those who label them "learners' banjo are under the delusion that they need not keep learning;-)
	vintagewells says: 2/3/2011 5:38:53 PM Love that! My life long motto is "Learn something new every day." Life would get boring if we didn't. Of course some of us take it to extremes, and become fixated on a new idea.... I wonder how an aluminum rim would sound as a hide head? Yeah, I lie awake and think these heresies up. Lorna
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