Playing Since: 1993
Experience Level: Purty Good
Kimerer has made 14 recent additions to Banjo Hangout
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Gender: Male
Age: 73
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Created 2/17/2006
Last Visit 9/23/2020
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Greetings.
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I picked up the banjo quite by accident back in the early
90's. I was unemployed at the time, so for something to do
while I waited for my next employment opportunity I scraped
together $200 and took a community adult education course
wherein we built a lap dulcimer and then learned to play it.
It was cheaper than therapy.
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Initially I was more interested in the woodworking than the
music, but after the instrument was done I discovered that I
could actually play it. This led a few months later to my
purchase of a banjo kit from Music Makers, and the rest is
history.
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<p>
I currently own half a dozen banjos. One of them is an
A-scale Fairbanks & Cole made in 1890. You can read all
about this banjo on my web site, just click
<a
href="http://www.thekimerers.com/brian/music/fandcbanjo.shtml">here</a>.
Visit my homepage at
<a href="http://www.thekimerers.com/brian/">http://www.thekimerers.com/brian/</a>.
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I am mostly self taught on the banjo, and I play mostly for
me and the squirrels. I have done a few pickup gigs with
friends, but other than that it is something that I just
enjoy doing for myself.
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I mostly frail, although I have tried out the finger picks
on occasion.
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My main banjos are:<br>
Bart Reiter Special<br>
Goodtime openback<br>
Goldtone Maple Classic<br>
Fairbanks & Cole A-scale openback<br>
Flesher Minstrel<br>
'tab problem' 1 hr
'ODE' 4 hrs
