RARE New Photos of Kyle Creed's 1st Banjo.
Added 2021-10-29 13:01:02 +0000 UTCSubmitted by Kyle's grandson, Stanley Gonyo:
"Attached are pictures of Kyle’s first banjo that he made around age 15. He told me he killed a cat to get a skin head and I’m sure this is the banjo he used it on. It’s missing one tuning peg and the fifth string peg."
Comments
@Adam Dreyfuss I remember Boc Watson telling a story of his father drowning his grandmother's old cat, when it was sick and dying. He said he carefully skinned it out and made a banjo head from it, and that the thin skin sounded very nice. I would imagine it was a fairly common practice at that time. Cats were much more plentiful that stores with banjo heads.
Triggerjockey
2024-03-19 14:43:26 +0000 UTCVery cool!
Triggerjockey
2024-03-19 14:39:49 +0000 UTC
