The Gazette

Build a band: Make a rubber-band banjo, toilet paper-roll maraca and xylophone with water glasses

1. Decorate your toilet paper roll, then tear a piece off a piece of paper big enough to cover the end. Secure the paper towel with a rubber band. 2. Pour some rice or dry beans into the roll. You ...
WSB-TV

Steve Martin donates custom-made banjo to American Banjo Museum

Martin received the instrument in 2005 when he won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The Kennedy Center banjo and another rare 1920s banjo will soon be part of a permanent display at the museum ...
insider.si.edu

Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

89-year-old Rhoda Kemp builds her first banjo

WILLIS, Va.WILLIS, Va. — For just about all of her life, Rhoda Kemp has made beautiful music pour out of her banjo. But on a chilly day in March, the only sound her banjo made was the repetitive raspy ...
insider.si.edu

American Five-String Fretless Banjo

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This banjo was made in the United ...
Washington Times

89-year-old Rhoda Kemp builds her first banjo

WILLIS, Va. (AP) - For just about all of her life, Rhoda Kemp has made beautiful music pour out of her banjo. But on a chilly day in March, the only sound her banjo ...