1903 William Farmer-style Tone Ring (archtop banjo)
Added 2022-06-24 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
^ Single brass wire tone ring by Mark Ralston of Yellowstone Jewelry (second, smaller wire shown in 1903 patent was not reproduced).
^ Separate 1886 patent stamp for...?
^ Bone tail piece by Mark Ralston of Yellowstone Jewelry.
Comments
Hi Clifton, That's very interesting. Those simple clips hold the tone ring up just fine.
Bill Roebuck
2022-10-31 20:43:35 +0000 UTCPretty cool, Ive not seen anything like it, somone's idea that didn't take off I suppose
Dean Schober
2022-06-30 01:47:52 +0000 UTCMinstrel tuning....got there first 😃
Dominic Kemp
2022-06-25 21:08:42 +0000 UTCOr should I say what is your banjo tuning?
Dominic Kemp
2022-06-25 19:15:55 +0000 UTCHow have you tuned your banjo?????
Dominic Kemp
2022-06-25 19:14:28 +0000 UTCnice
josh waller
2022-06-25 16:51:27 +0000 UTCSounds great....but then you make all the banjos you play sound great, Clifton :-) Thanks for the playing, posting, and history.
Brooks Martin
2022-06-25 01:10:49 +0000 UTCI don't know of any kits, but literally anyone could make this tone ring with heavy gauge brass/copper wire and strip of sheet metal for the shoe pieces.
Clifton Hicks
2022-06-24 19:33:19 +0000 UTCI think Bruno bought them out around that time, yes.
Clifton Hicks
2022-06-24 19:31:22 +0000 UTCI read somewhere that by this time Buckbee had been absorbed into Gretsch, or some other New York maker. I think it was 1898 or something like that?
Blaine Chappell
2022-06-24 16:27:44 +0000 UTCIs there any retro fit kits like that around these days? Would be a good way to jazz up a cheap old banjo. I just came across an old SS Stewart with a goosed old nut. Made one out of an old oak offcut and am pretty pleased with myself too. Always fun making something work again for no cost. Nice video Clifton.
leo zinovieff
2022-06-24 15:32:01 +0000 UTC
