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S.S. Stewart's celebrated banjos : catalogue and price-list : banjo music, instruction books, strings and fittings

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Title

S.S. Stewart's celebrated banjos : catalogue and price-list : banjo music, instruction books, strings and fittings

Publisher

S.S. Stewart

Place Published

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Abstract

Includes portraits of noted players E.M. Hall, Huntley and Lee, W.A. Huntely, Geo. W. Powers, J.H. Mack, P.C. Shortis, A.A. Farland, and Horace Weston; Includes short essays, some attributed to S.S. Stewart, related to the care and construction of banjos.

Notes

A handsomely illustrated catalogue from one of the pre-eminent makers of the period. Includes instruments and accessories, nice full page steel engraved portraits of noted players and a page of illustrations of banjos being made. Complete with the two folding plates. Very scarce.

Subjects

Banjo -- Manufacturers' catalogs
Musical instruments -- Manufacturers' catalogs
Banjo

Local ID

yhm-spe-ban-b-catalogue

Identifier

hamLibSparc:12358659

Is Part of

Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
Banjo Collection