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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
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- Subject: Re: Simple Banjo Questions
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 01:51:17 GMT
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- In article <Af=ChYi00iUxM3Eute@andrew.cmu.edu> jk79+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jane F. Kinkus) writes:
- >old time has more of a "matte finish." anyway, i've seen pete seeger
- >and i think he's plays in both styles; i think when i saw him in may,
- >he was playing both styles on a bluegrass banjo.
- >
- Pete plays a long necked open back Vega. Never a resonator banjo that
- I've seen. I was there in May too. He had his usual banjo.
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- >it is true that cmu's libraries do not have many books on banjos; you
- >might have more luck checking out the music department of the carnegie
- >library of pittsburgh.
- >
- Very scant. You'll probably have to buy the books.
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- >in pittsburgh you can call calliope, the pgh folk music society, and
- >find out if any banjo classes will be held this winter (starting
- >probably in january or february). calliope's phone: 687-7713.
- >
- A much better suggestion. *The* way to get started right.
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