(first published in the 1870's by Daniel Carter Beard) Fig. No 315, shows a cigar-box with holes bored through the ends for the stick that supports the neck to pass through.
The bottom of the box is used for the top to the banjo. The lid of the box m
I just wrote an article in the french forum about the CBGs and other instruments that soldiers made during the"trench war".
Even if I found more documentation about french parts it seems that this kind of realization was made by all countries soldier
Read more…(by P. M. Pennel, published in Popular Homecraft Magazine, February-March 1940 issue. Thanks to Knotlenny for the transcription.)
Anyone who loves music and is handy with tools can make a cigar box violin that is capable of producing really good to
Read more…In fact to start with a definition would be in order. They seem mostly to have 1 string but 2 strings are not unknown. Some seem to be played by "striking/drumming" some by strumming/picking. The bottle is almost part of it. In my nievity i thought
Read more…You guys know that i like to write "articles" about CBGs. Probably for my own enjoyment and to bore most of you. I wanted to do some sort of a survey about the features of the oldest CBGs; Like how many had sound holes, how many strings etc. I though
Read more…The great comedian as Eustace P. McGargle in the 1936 Motion Picture; "Poppy", performing a routine with his "beloved ka-dula - ka-dola".
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(by W. J. Sutherland, published in Science and Mechanics Magazine - 1949)
By W. J. SUTHERLAND
