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From NZsteve on 10/17/2012 5:37:38 PM
Reading the posts below and wondering about when tone rings were first fitted to banjos, about the pros & cons of a tone ring on an "old time" banjo, I came across this on Paul Hawthorne's website "
What known banjo had the first cast metal tone ring? Quote :-
"A banjo built and aggressively marketed in the gold rush country of California, circa 1852. It was made with a cast gold tone chamber by one Felonious Williams of Sonoma, California as part of the line of boutique catalog items to market to the nouveau riche of the gold fields. Gold was used because it was handy, easy to cast and could be priced high. The Williams of Sonoma banjo was branded with the name Gold Stir, because the same pour was also used to make golden soup ladles for the catalog that were though to be a sure seller at the time."
If 1852 isn't "old time" I don't know what is !.
Nice name for a banjo "Gold Stir" Maybe I should suggest this to Recording King ?
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