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A.

Aluminum Double Bass, 6-2

Aluminum Musical Instr. Co, 6-2

American Banjo Fraternity, 7-2

American Reed Organ, 7-3

Appalachian Dulcimer, 1-2

Arthur E. Smith Banjo Co, 3-5

Autoharp:

Origin & Development, 2-1

(Q&A), 7-2

Survey, 3-6

Survey Report, 5-2

B.

Bagpipes, 6-3

Baltimore Bluegrass, Inc, 6-4

Banjos:

Amer. Banjo Frat, 7-2

Arthur E. Smith Co, 3-5

Banjo Makers List, 1-4,7-3

Banjo Philosophically, 3-4

Fairbanks Co, 1-3,6-2

Five String, 1-3

Folding Banjo (patent), 4-5

Gibson Service Handbook, 3-4

Guitar, Banjo- (patent), 2-4

How To Build A Banjo, 3-2

How to Renew a Head, 5-2

Improvement (patent), 2-4

Kit Construction, 2-5

Liberty Company, 1-2

Paraphernalia, 5-4

Putting On A New Head, 5-3

J.B. Schall, Maker, 5-6

S.S. Stewart, 2-3,4,5,6, 3-4

Tailpiece, No-Knot, 6-6

Tailpiece (patent), 6-2

G.S.W. Teel, 7-3

Tenor Banjos, 6-6

Traditional Banjo Project, 7-1

Vega Banjos, 3-4

Vega Instrument Co, 1-3,1-4

Vega Tone Rings, 6-1

Banjo Brand Snuff, 2-5

Banjo Makers & Manufacturers, 7-2

Banjolin, see Ukelin

Banjo Philosophically, 3-4

Banjo Ukes, 5-3

Banjo Wrenches:

Pictured, 4-4

Gatcomb, 7-1

Luscomb, 6-4

Bass, Super Tub, 5-2

Bastari, Marcello-Concertinas, 7-3

Bauer, George, see Stewart

Bay State, see Haynes

Behlen Concertina Co, 1-3

Bones, Mr. - Percy Danforth, 5-4

Bucks County Folk Music Shop, 5-4

Build A Hurdy-Gurdy, 3-2

Building, Getting Started In, 2-2

Buying & Selling Thru Mugwumps, 1-3

Buzzes & Rattles, 6-1

C.

Cajun Accordion, Tune Your Own, 5-3

Care & Feeding of Irish Flute, 6-5

Clarola, see Rolmonica

Celtic Harps, 7-2

Computing Fret Spaces, 6-5

Concertinas:

Anglo & English, 4-6

Bastari, 7-3

Behlen, 1-3

Cajun Accordion, 5-3

Dating Wheatstones, 7-1

English, History, 6-3,4,6

English, Musical Range, 6-1

Invention, 6-5

Revival, 4-4,5

Types Described, 6-2

Construction & Repair:

Banjo Kit, 2-5

Banjo Tune-Up, 1-2

Bones, 5-4

Build A Hurdy-Gurdy, 3-2

Buzzes & Rattles, 6-1

Computing Fret Spaces, 6-5

Crack Repair, 1-5

Cracked Heel Repair, 1-6

Dixieharp, 2-5

Double Whimmy Diddle, 2-2

Dremel Routing Attach, 6-2

Experimentation, 3-2

Fingerboard Restoration, 5-4

Finishing, 1-6

French Polishing, 4-3

Fret Knot, The, 3-6

Getting Started, 2-2

Gibson Handbook (1925), 5-4,5

Glues, 1-6

Hammer Dulcimer:

Building, 2-4

Tuning, 2-6

Ha'p'ny Whistle, 7-1

How To Build A Banjo, 3-2

Irish Flute Care, 6-5&127;

Limberjack, 1-6

Mosaic Purfling, 1-5

Mother of Pearl, 1-5,5-3

Mouth Bow, 1-5

Nitrocellulose Lacquer, 3-3

Pearl Cutting & Inlay, 5-3

Pearl Engraving, 5-3

Psalterion, 6-2

Pyramid Bridges, 4-6

Setting Up A Fiddle, 4-6

Sharpening Your Tools, 2-2

Staining, Old Time Way, 4-2

Strut Jack, Assembly, 4-4

Sweet Sound Of Dulcimer, 4-6

Talk About Tone, 4-2

Tension Banjo, 5-5

Tuning (Scales, etc), 6-6

Washburn Measurements, 3-1

Whammy Diddle, 1-6

Contemporary Craftsmen:

James C. Boyce, 2-3

Covercraft, 6-6

James Cox, 5-5

Lucky Diamond, 6-1

John Grevens, 6-4

Stanley Hicks, 6-3

Marion Kirk, 3-1

Dennis O'Brien, 7-3

Sam Rizzetta, 2-6

Roger Sadowsky, 6-2

Doug Unger, 2-2

Copying Music For Education, 5-6

Copyright Law, New, 5-2

Covercraft, 6-6

Cracked Heel, Repairing, 1-6

Crack Problems?, 1-5

Crack Repair, In Flat Surface, 1-5

Crack Repair Tool, 1-5

D.

Danforth, Percy - Mr. Bones, 5-4

Dating Old Instruments, 3-4

Dating Wheatstone Concertinas, 7-1

Diamond Dulcimers, 6-1

Directory of Folk Shops, Etc, 5-2, 6-1,3,4,6, 7-3,4

Ditson Co. see Haynes

Dixieharp, 2-5

Dobro Guitar Co, 2-2,5

Dolge, Alfred (Q&A), 7-2

Doo Wop Shop, 2-6

Double Whimmy Diddle, 2-2

Dulcimer:

Appalachian, 1-2

Diamond, 6-1

Evaluation Guide, 6-3

Fourth Kindred Gather, 6-4

Hammer, see Hammer Dulcimer

Survey Of Makers, 5-1

Sweet Sound Of A Dulcimer, 4-6

E.

English Concertina, see Concertina

Excelsior Instruments, see Haynes

Experimentation, 3-2

F.

Fairbanks Co, 1-3,6-2

Falmouth Folklore Center, 5-1

Famous Old Time Music Co, 3-6

Fiddle:

Horned, 4-3, 5-1

Setting Up, 4-3

Stroviol, 4-3, 5-1

Fifes, see Flutes

Filmo-Clarinette, see Rolmonica

Filmo-Saxophon, see Rolmonica

Fingerboard Restoration, 5-4

Finishing:

Finishing, 1-6

French Polishing, 4-3

Nitrocellulose Lacquer, 3-3

Staining, Old Time Way, 4-2

Five String Banjo, 1-3

Flageolets, see Flutes

Flex-O-Tone, 3-3

Flutes, Fifes, & Flageolets, 4-6

Folding Banjo (patent), 4-5

Folk Instruments, Common Roots, 2-4

Folk Shops, see Directory

Folklife Bill In Congress, 2-4,5

Foster, Stephen - Memorial, 2-2

Fourth Kindred Gathering, 6-4

French Polishing, 4-3

Fret Not-The Fret Knot Is Back, 3-6

Fretted Dulcimer, 6-3

G.

Getting It Together, 2-5&127;

Getting Started In Building, 2-2

Gibson:

A-Jr. Mandolin (Q&A), 7-2

1901 Guit & Mando Cat, Bookshelf

1921 Guit & Mando Cat, Bookshelf

1928 Banjo Catalog, Bookshelf

Harp Guitar, 1-1

Identifying, 3-4

Service Handbook (1925), 5-4,5

Glues, Selecting, 1-6

Godfrey, Arthur, 7-2

GTR Inc (Gruhn Guitars), 3-1

Guitars:

Dobro Guitars, 2-2

Guitar Banjo (patent), 2-3

Martin--Still Handmade, 2-6

Metal Bodied, 2-5

National Guitar Co, 2-5

Orchestral Guitar, 4-1,5

Pedal Steel-A Second View, 6-3,6

Steel Guitar, 3-3

Washburn Measurements, 3-1

Guitar Shop, The, 2-4

H.

Hammer Dulcimer:

Compendium (HDC), Bookshelf

Development, 3-5

History, 2-6

Original Dulcimer Players, 5-5

Sources Of Information, 3-5

Tablature, 6-3,4

"Two Hour" Plans, 2-4

Ha'p'ny Whistle, 7-1

Harmonica, A History of 'Ifs', 7-1

Harmonius Craft Exhibit, 6-4

Harp Guitars, 1-1,7-1

Harp Mandolins, 7-1

see also Monzino

Harps, Celtic, 7-2

Harry Sisters, 7-3

Hawaiian Art Uke, see Ukelin

Hawaiian Tremeloa, 3-3

Haynes, John C. Company, 4-2

Here Inc, 1-4

Hicks, Stanley, 6-3

Hobgoblin Music, 6-5

Horned Instruments, 4-3

House Of Musical Traditions, 2-3,7-1

House Of Wurlitzer, 3-6

How To Build A Banjo (1888), 3-2

How To Renew A Banjo Head (1907), 5-2

How To, see Construction & Repair

Hub Guitars, see Haynes

Huisman's Music Shop, 7-3

Hurdy-Gurdy, Build A, 3-2

see also, Nyckelharpa

I.

Inlaying Mosaic Purfling, 1-5

Inlaying Mother Of Pearl, 1-5,5-3

Instrument Building, 2-2

Instrument Dating, see Dating

International Musical Corp, see Ukelin

Invention Of The Concertina, 6-5

Irish Flute, Care & Feeding, 6-5

J.

Jews Harp, 1-6

Jews Harp, Megaphonic, 2-5

L.

Leg's Banjo & Guitar Shop, 6-3

Levin, H.C. Company, 6-4

Lewis Instruments, see Haynes

Liberty Banjo Company, 1-3

Limberjack, Making A, 1-6

Lyon & Healy, 3-1

M.

Making A:

Banjo (1888), 3-2

Double Whimmy Diddle, 2-2

Gee Haw Whammy Diddle, 1-6

Ha'p'ny Whistle, 7-1

Hurdy-Gurdy, 3-2

Limberjack, 1-6

Mouthbow, 1-5

Psalterion, 6-2

Pyramid Bridge, 4-6

Two Hour Hammer Dulcimer, 2-4

Mandolins:

Development Of, 3-6

Gibson Serial Nos, 3-4

Martin Serial Nos, 3-4

Some Technical Aspects, 4-2

Talk About Tone, 4-2

Mandolin Ukes, see Ukelin

Mandoline Banjo-Bini:

Patent, 3-1

Q&A, 7-2

Mandolin-harp, see Monzino Midland

Mando-Uke, 6-6

Manufacturers:

Aluminum Mus. Inst. Co, 6-2

Banjo Makers List, 7-2

Behlin Concertina Co, 1-3

Dobro Guitar Co, 2-2,5

Fairbanks, 1-3,6-6

Haynes, John C, 4-2

Here Inc, 1-4

Levin, H.C. Inc, 6-4

Liberty Banjo Co, 1-2

Lyon & Healy, 3-1

Martin, 2-6

National Guitar Co, 2-5

Paramount, 3-5

Providence Guitar & Banjo, 3-5

Schall, J.B., 5-6

Schmidt Co., Oscar, 2-1, 7-3

Smith, Arther E, 3-5

Stewart, S.S., 2-3,4,5,6

Stroh, 5-1

Sunhearth, 3-6

Vega, 1-3,4, 6-1,2

Wurlitzer, 3-6

Zimmermann, 2-1, 7-3

Manufacturers Advertising Co, see Ukelin

Martin:

Guitars, A History, Bookshelf

Guitars, Still Handmade, 2-6

Serial Numbers, 2-2, 3-4

Ukuleles, 5-6

Marx:

Charles Henry, see Ukelin

Marxochime Colony

Marxolin

Marxophone

Marxophone, 3-4, 7-3

Matusewitch, Boris, 7-2

Matusewitch, Gregory 7-3

Medley Music, 6-2

Megaphonic Jews Harp, 2-5

Metal Bodied Guitars, 2-5

Monzino Midland Mandolin, 7-3

Mosaic Purfling, 6-2

Mother-Of-Pearl, Inlaying, 1-5

Mouth Bow, Making & Playing, 1-5

Music:

Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

(dulcimer), 6-5

America (ukelin), 7-3

Ash Grove (hammer dulcimer), 6-4

Believe Me If All Those Endearing

Young Charms (ukelin), 7-3

Berkely March (banjo), 6-6

Box The Fox (banjo), 6-6

Captain Kidd (autoharp), 6-3

Doc Brown's Cakewalk-Duet

(madolin & guitar), 6-3

Home Sweet Home (ukelin), 7-3

Lou's Handy (guitar), 6-3

Mugwump Schottish-Duet

(banjo & piano), 6-1

Nearer My God To Thee

(marx-o-phone), 3-4

Nonesuch (hammer dulcimer), 6-3

Old Bunch Of Keys (banjo), 6-3

Pays de Haut (banjo), 6-4

Planxty George Brabizon

(hammer dulcimer), 6-3

Put Your Little Foot (banjo), 6-5

Prince William (ham. dulc.), 6-4

San Clemente (banjo), 6-4

Sandy River Belle (dulcimer), 6-6

Two Guitars (concertina), 7-2

Musical Saw, Flex-a-Tone, 3-3

Music Emporium, Cambridge, 5-5

Music Emporium, Pittsburgh, 3-3

N.

National Folk Festival Assoc, 3-1

National Guitar Co, 2-5

Neptune Rising, 7-3

New Copyright Law, 5-2

No-Knot Tailpiece, 6-2

Nyckelharpa: Keyed Fiddle, 6-6

see also, Hurdy-Gurdy

O.

O'Brien, Dennis see Neptune Rising

Old Time Picking Parlor, 3-2

Orchestral Guitar, 4-1,5

Organettes, see Rolmonica

Organ, The American Reed, 7-3

Original Dulcimer Player Club, 5-5

Oscar Schmidt International, 2-1,7-3

Other Concertinas, 6-2

P.

Paramount:

Banjo Catalog (1920s), Bookshelf

Paramount Factory, 3-5

Patent Numbers & Dates, 3-4

Patent Specifications:

Banjo Improvement, 2-4, 5-5

Folding Banjo, 4-5

Guitar Banjo, 4-5

Harp Guitar, 7-1

Lyre, 5-3

Mandoline Banjo, 3-1

Musical Instrument, 6-1

Pitchfork, 5-2

Rolmonica, 7-2

Shell Resonator for Banjos, 2-6

Stringed Musical Instrument, 3-5

Tailpiece for Banjo, 6-6

Tympanum, 5-4

Ukelin, 3-2,7-3

Violins, Horned, 5-1

Violin, Various Improvements, 6-6

Violin Mandolin, 3-6

Violinist In Patent Office, 6-3

Zither, 3-3

Pearl Cutting & Inlaying, 5-3

Pearl Engraving, 5-3

Pedal Steel Guitar, 3-3, 6-1,6

Perry's Guitar & Lute Shop, 4-6

Phonofiddle, see Stroviol

Phonoharp, see Ukelin

Pianoette, see Ukelin

Pianoharp, see Ukelin

Pianolin, see Ukelin

Pickups, Add-on Electric, 5-6

Play-A-Sax, see Rolmonica

Playing & Making A Mouth Bow, 1-5

Providence Guitar & Banjo, 3-5

Psalterion, 6-2

Purfling, Mosaic, 1-5

Putting On A New Banjo Head, 5-3

R.

Ramblin' Conrad's Folklore Ctr, 4-3

Reed Organ, American, 7-3

Reference Issue, 3-4

Repair, see Construction & Repair

Rolmonica, 7-2

S.

Sandy's Music, 4-4

Scales & Intervals, 6-6

Schall, J.B., Banjo Maker, 5-6

Schmidt, Oscar, see Oscar Schmidt

Selecting Proper Glues, 1-6

Serial Numbers, 3-4

Setting Up A Fiddle, 4-6

Sharpening Your Tools, 2-2

Shop Tips, 5-6

Silver Bell Banjo Club, 7-2

Smith, Arthur E. Banjo Co, 3-5

Sol-o-lin, see Ukelin

Songs & Tunes, see Music

Special Reference Issue, 3-4

Staining In The Old Time Way, 4-2

Steel Bodied Guitars, 2-5

Steel Guitar, see Pedal Steel

Stella (Q&A), 7-2

Stephen Foster Memorial, 2-2

Stewart, S.S.:

Banjo Catalog (1898), Bookshelf

Banjo Philosophically, 3-4

History, 2-3,4,5,6

Identifying, 3-4

Store Directory, Moved, 7-3

Stores & Shops:

See also, Contemporary Craftsmen

See also, Manufacturers

Baltimore Bluegrass, 6-4

Bucks County Folk Music Shop, 5-4

Directory of Folk SHops, Etc, 5-2, 6-1,3,4,6, 7-1,3,4

Doo-Wop Shop, 2-6

Falmouth Folk Center, 5-1

Famous Old Time Music Shop, 3-6

GTR (Gruhn Guitars), 3-1

Here Inc, 1-4

Hobgoblin Music, 6-5

House Of Musical Trad. (MD), 2-3

House Of Musical Trad. (WV), 7-1

Huisman's Music, 7-3

Legs Banjo & Guitar Shop, 6-3

Medley Music, 6-2

Music Emporium (MA), 5-5

Music Emporium (PA), 3-3

Old Time Picking Parlor, 3-2

Perry's Guitar & Lute Shop, 4-6

Providence Guitar & Banjo, 3-5

Ramblin' Conrads, 4-3

Sandy's Music, 4-4

Sunflower Music Shop, 5-2

Umanov Guitars, 6-1

Uncle Banjo, 4-2

Vintage Instruments (MD), 5-3

Vintage Instruments (PA), 4-5

Stradivarius, Antonius (Q&A), 7-2

Stroviols, 4-3, 5-1

Strut Jack, Assembly & Use, 4-4

Sunflower Music Shop, 5-2

Super Tub Bass, 5-2

Surveys:

Autoharp, 3-6, 5-2

Dulcimer Makers, 5-1

Swedish Keyed Fiddle, 6-6

Sweeney, Joel Walker, 7-2

Sweet Sound Of A Dulcimer, 4-6

T.

Talk About Tone, 4-2

Tanzibar, see Rolmonica

Taropatches, Martin, 5-4

Technical Aspects of Archtop Mandolins, 4-2

Teel, G.S.W. Banjo Maker, 7-3

Tenor Banjo, 6-6

Tension Banjo, 5-5

Tips, Shop, 5-6

Tools Of The Trade, 5-5

Tone Rings:

Vega Banjo, 6-1

Tremoloa, Hawaiian, 3-3&127;

Traditional Banjo Project, 7-1

Trumpetto, see Rolmonica

Tune Your Own Cajun Accordion, 5-3

Tuning, Scales & Intervals, 6-6

U.

Ukelin:

History , 7-3

Patent, 3-2, 7-3

(Q&A), 7-2

Ukuleles & Taropatches, 5-6

Umanov Guitars, 6-1

Uncle Banjo, 4-2

Unusual & Novelty Items, 2-5,6

Unusual Instruments, see:

Aluminum Musical Instrument Co

Flex-O-Tone

Harp Guitars

Hawaiian Tremoloa

Hurdy-Gurdy

Mando-Uke

Marxophone

Megaphonic Jews Harp

Nyckelharpa

Orchestral Guitar

Psalterion

Rolmonica

Stroviols

Ukelin

V.

Vega Banjos:

Identifying, 3-4

Instrument Co, 1-3,4, 6-2

Serial Numbers, 1-3, 3-4

Tone Rings, 6-1

Versatile Four, 7-2

Vintage Instruments (MD), 5-3

Vintage Instruments (PA), 4-5

Violin, see Fiddle

Violin Guitar, see Ukelin

Violin Mandolin, 3-6

Violin Uke, see Ukelin

Violinist In The Patent Office, 6-3

W.

Waldo (Q&A), 7-3

Washburn, see Lyon & Healy

Whammy Diddle, Making A, 1-6

Whimmy Diddle, Double, 2-2

Wheatstone:

Concertina Dating, 7-1

Invention Of Concertina, 6-5

See also Concertina

Wood, Demain, 4-1,5

Wurlitzer, House Of, 3-6

Z.

Zimmermann:

Autoharp Co, 2-1

Charles A. (Q&A), 7-2

Zithers, More Or Less, 5-1

Zither Variants, see:

Autoharp

Marxophone

Tremoloa

Ukelin