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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on June 21, 2010 at 7:58am

Here are a few more I built:

Permalink Reply by Mark on June 21, 2010 at 4:10pm

My effort for what it's worth. Since the picture was taken I've replaced the bridge with one made from an old ebony piano key.

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on June 21, 2010 at 4:30pm

Well, we have to have a close up of that bridge, then!
Mark aka. Junk Box Instruments said:

My effort for what it's worth. Since the picture was taken I've replaced the bridge with one made from an old ebony piano key.

Permalink Reply by Mark on June 21, 2010 at 4:43pm

Diane in Chicago said:

Well, we have to have a close up of that bridge, then!

A quick shot with a phone camera (best I can do for the time being)

Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on June 21, 2010 at 10:49pm

If we can't use "canjo" as a generic name, maybe Diane's idea of "tin-tars" would be a good one. Could have a contest to come up with the best generic name and then promote that name on Google, CBN and other instrument making sites. But, I still personally prefer "canjo".

Diane, Mark: Those are some nice looking tin-tars! How are you bracing the necks to the cookie tins? It would be nice to have a few internal bracing / neck-to-cookie tin photos as well, if that's not asking to much.

Permalink Reply by Mark on June 22, 2010 at 7:00am

Rand Moore said:

If we can't use "canjo" as a generic name, maybe Diane's idea of "tin-tars" would be a good one. Could have a contest to come up with the best generic name and then promote that name on Google, CBN and other instrument making sites. But, I still personally prefer "canjo".

I think canjo is established as a generic name (and there's probably a history for it that goes back a long way). But there's a discussion on this elsewhere. I've tended to call mine a tin banjo.

There are some pictures on my website, but it's difficult to explain the construction properly with a photo. Here's a quick sketch that (hopefully) shows how the neck and body are fixed together.

Permalink Reply by Willardj on June 22, 2010 at 8:47am

tin-tones...made from tea tins...ck the primitive raw sound. http://www.tin-tone.com/

Permalink Reply by Jason Nelms on June 22, 2010 at 2:39pm

I want that Nukki canjo so bad it kills me!
Diane in Chicago said:

Here are a few more I built:

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on June 22, 2010 at 4:55pm

Those Nukki tins come up on Ebay every once in a while. Some are deeper, with graphics on the side, too.

Jason Nelms said:

I want that Nukki canjo so bad it kills me!

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on June 22, 2010 at 4:58pm

Here's the innards, i put those little feet on either end and screw them to the bottom of the tin. I just use scraps, but others cut feet like that as part of the neck.

Rand Moore said:

Diane, Mark: Those are some nice looking tin-tars! How are you bracing the necks to the cookie tins? It would be nice to have a few internal bracing / neck-to-cookie tin photos as well, if that's not asking to much.

Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on June 22, 2010 at 6:42pm

Nice looking instruments. Are they all electric? Or can such a small can make a fairly loud "personal sized" strummer. I like the upside-down head/neck design with the tuners on the bottom. Looks ultra-modern. No frets, I see. Four strings. How are they tuned? Re-entrantly like a ukulele? The small cans (tea tins, you say) remind me of some mini electric "guitars" made from altoid (sp?) cans I saw somewhere on the Internet.



AKA.WILLARDJ. said:

tin-tones...made from tea tins...ck the primitive raw sound. http://www.tin-tone.com/

Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on June 22, 2010 at 6:58pm

Yes, this is the kind of photo I was asking for, thanks. And your method appears much more sturdy as compared to just attaching the cookie tin to the neck with a few wood screws. [By the way, Chinese immigration wouldn't let me out of the country yesterday because I accidentally overstayed my visa by one day. I was there one month ago, May 22nd and my plane tickets were for June 22nd and it didn't click that there were actually 31 days between the two dates. I need to get into the mindset that a "30 day Visa" means "2 weeks Visa" so that I have a lot of "slop time" to get around to exit to Hong Kong so I can return again for another 30 day -- I mean 14 day -- stay. Today I have to go to the Immigration Police Station downtown to pay a fine. They were closed yesterday when I discovered this problem, so they will likely charge me for 2 days overstay in spite of the fact that the station was closed at the time the problem was discovered. Enough to make me wonder why I put up with living here. Must be because of my wife, daughter and her family. My flight has been rescheduled for tonight and I'm returning to the States for a little R&R form the extremely hot summer weather in China. So, anyway, I've used some of this time to read/reply to CBN, e-mail and the like.]
Diane in Chicago said:

Here's the innards, i put those little feet on either end and screw them to the bottom of the tin. I just use scraps, but others cut feet like that as part of the neck.

Rand Moore said:

Diane, Mark: Those are some nice looking tin-tars! How are you bracing the necks to the cookie tins? It would be nice to have a few internal bracing / neck-to-cookie tin photos as well, if that's not asking to much.

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