Here’s the page for Triple-X banjo ‘kind-of-related’ things that don’t have a specific bin to go into. Most of these things are ephemera related to my Triple-X banjo and to the era of the tenor banjo in general.
Things I Found in my Triple-X Style A Late Version Banjo Case
When I unwrapped my Triple-X Style A Late Version banjo and looked in the case’s “double-string pockets” I was disappointed to not to find the original banjo head tuning key (were they a standard 9/16 inch Paramount key?) or related paperwork like a bill of sale or Stadlmair/Lange literature. All that was in the pockets was an old Gibson string box without any strings. However, in the larger compartment below the banjo were two well-preserved related documents from the 1920’s that very likely belonged to the original owner, a young gal in Missouri who played this Triple-X in the 30’s (and possibly earlier). They included a newsprint quality paper Tenor Banjo Fingerboard guide and seven of eight sheets of better quality paper with a series of tenor banjo lessons! Both documents are in quite a delicate state right now, so I have scanned them and downloaded here mainly as examples of interesting “tango-era” ephemera.
Tenor Banjo Fingerboard Guide.
This ‘paste-on-your-fretboard’ position marker for the Tenor Banjo was copyrighted in 1922. There must definitely been a market for 17-fret ‘short-scale’ or what we now refer to as, rightly or wrongly(!), “Irish Tenor” banjos, for this type of thing to be printed. Note that it’s in CGDA tuning, not what us trad players would normally tune to (i.e., GDAE). When I started playing fiddle I rented a beginner’s model (for $5.00/week) that had masking tape on the crooked fingerboard for the finger positions. This made sense to me for about a week. I cannot imagine taping this massive fingerboard guide on top of a tenor banjo fretboard! However, please feel free to use this yourself(!), just provide credit where appropriate.
Tenor Banjo Fingerboard overlay that I found in my Triple-X banjo case. Try one out on your banjo and let me know how it goes!
I also found in my case seven of eight pages of “Tenor Banjo or Tenor Guitar” lessons from the “Music School of the Air, Bill and Ardyce, Radio Station KFEQ, St. Joseph, Mo.” in my Triple-X banjo case. A quick Google search revealed 1932 and 1933 articles on these two. Perhaps someone knows even more about this school, the personalities, and/or the radio station. Interesting read. See the first page below. I love the part about tuning your banjo if you don’t happen to have a piano (or other tuning device) around and that fails to work send them 45 cents and they’ll send you a “special pitch pipe”! Please feel free to use – I only ask that you credit me.
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Seven of eight pages of Tenor Banjo Instruction Lessons that I found in my Triple-X banjo case.