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- From: ebersman@uunet.uu.net (Paul A. Ebersman)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
- Subject: Re: build your own banjo!
- Date: 25 Dec 1992 15:38:43 GMT
- Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc.
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- In-reply-to: "Jane F. Kinkus"'s message of Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:18:33 -0500
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- Jane> also, the stewart-mcdonald manufacturing company (POB 900,
- Jane> athens, ohio, 45701) produces banjo and mandolin kits.
- Jane> according to david burnor in "the next whole earth catalog" p.
- Jane> 472 (new york: random house, 1980), "Their particular claim to
- Jane> fame is their line of banjo and mandolin kits which provide
- Jane> musicians with great sounding instruments in easy-to-build money
- Jane> saving form."
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- Steward MacDonald sells primarily bluegrass and upper-end backless
- banjos. I don't recall seeing mountain style kits. However, the parts
- of are good quality and the kits seem pretty well thought out.
-
- The nice thing about banjo kits is that the banjo doesn't require much
- woodworking, assuming the neck is mostly done. What is left is the
- finishing and assembly work. Since these are the two parts that are
- least automatable at factories, this is where a lot of the cost of an
- assembled instrument. You can get a kit from Stew-Mac for $500 that if
- you assemble it carefully and do a good finish will be the equivalent
- of many custom banjos.
-
- Besides, kits are fun. B^)
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- Paul A. Ebersman @ UUNET Technologies, Inc.
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- The difference between theory and practice in practice is greater
- than the difference between theory and practice in theory.
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