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Banjolele for Practical Craft Skills / Practical Woodworking

A few weeks ago I completed this banjolele. It incorporates all the same wood construction techniques and joint dimensions, so will also qualify for use on SQA's Practical Craft Skills course.

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Banjolele

I completed this banjolele a few weeks ago. It was produced to discover how feasible it might be for pupils to make the skin clamping ironmongery from scratch.

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Adding Tone Bars / Tone Ring to the Prior Verified Banjo

Most banjos have a brass or bronze tone ring fitted to the wooden rim (pot), immediately below the stretched skin. The tone ring makes the notes ring more, giving the instrument a brighter tone.

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Morgan Barr’s Banjolele

Morgan completed his banjolele in March 2013. It is his final model on the Standard Grade Craft & Design course.

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Musical Instrument Resources

This is an expanded page of the information that was originally posted at our old site.

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