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Because I'm a nerd, I'd like to know the accuracy of your scale. But more important, if others are going to chime in with their weights using different scales, there's no way to compare them without...

They published 416 patents on 1891-08-04, they put them out once a week. It's probably this one by Carl W. Anderson and Joseph Anderson of Chicago, but I haven't gone through them all yet.
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The obit is correct. Census records have his two sons as Frederick and Lemuel. A quick look shows no obviously connected George.

The complete obit:
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What a great collection, thanks for posting.

I've heard of the not smiling for old photos thing before, but the guys in the France 1900 pic look like the photographer just said something...

With a capo on the third fret the fret markers make sense and it's like a normal banjo. Tuning open is BEG#B.

Attention, bluegrass and old-time musicians: This year's Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest is underway. The DC Bluegrass Union is accepting entries until Sunday, October 10th. Tunes...

There is a IV chord. Replace Dm D7 with F F#dim7.

[QUOTE]some classical players choose to hit only one string on the up pick[QUOTE]

When I studied classical mandolin many years ago I was encouraged to do that, particularly during tremolo.

+1 for Louise. Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers once told me that he hired a high school kid to come in every afternoon and tune all the instruments so the whole room would resonate when you tried...

If you calculate the density for each piece your spruce is 7.55 g/cubic inch = .46 g/cubic cm which is normal according to an online wood density chart. Your redwood is 3.48 g/cubic inch = .215...

Looks like this event:

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2012/03/01/chuck-berry-leonard-cohen-honored-at-jfk-library/

You need to download the Lame mp3 library. All explained in the Audacity manual. I think the newest versions of Audacity now include the library.

Re: difficult audiences: Some bluegrass friends were playing at a local hospital a few years ago, going from room to room. They popped into one guy's room and played him a song. As they were leaving...