[Dixielandjazz] Straight-ahead? trad?

[Mike Marois]

Hey All;

Bella Fleck and the Flecktones come to mind.  They straight ahead and
beyond.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of PATRICK
LADD
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:02 AM
To: Nancy Giffin
Cc: jazz
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Straight-ahead? trad?


 I doubt you will
ever see a banjo in a straight ahead group,>>

This reminded me.  In a museum of musical instruments the other day I
saw a mechanical banjo. It was a cunning contrivance, with 6 levers each
with a ninety degree bend on the end each of which  which plucked one
string.

I was interested in the chord changing mechanism and found that each
string was led through a slot cut in the side of a dowel. One on each
string at each fret. When the string was stopped the dowel withdrew into
the `neck`, holding the string solidly down.

A briliant piece of engineering. The question remains, why bother?

Cheers

Pat


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