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In the latter part of the 19th century manufacturers like SS Stewart and JB Schall began promoting the banjo as an instrument for music hall beyond the minstrel
by Finnucane 3y ago
In the latter part of the 19th century manufacturers like SS Stewart and JB Schall began promoting the banjo as an instrument for music hall beyond the minstrel stage. They catered to the women's market with smaller instruments like Stewart's "American Princess" banjo. (Note that women figured out they could play regular-sized banjos and the smaller banjos mostly disappeared from the market.)
- msds 3y agoYeah, but that lineage of banjos became 17-fret tenor banjos in the teens, which are still really nice instruments if you play Irish trad tenor and don't need the volume of a 23-fret. So, not all a bad thing.
- Finnucane 3y agoNot really, since tenors usually have a regular size pot. Those ‘ladies’ banjos had smaller pots.