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Jim Eller
07-24-2010, 11:58 AM
Does anyone have a plan for a canjo?
This is a musical instrument(maybe) that can be make from almost anything from cigar boxes to beer cans.
I'm looking more in the beer can variety.
They will be for the grandkids so they will be of the pop can or Bush Beans can and single string type
Thanks for any help you can give.
Jim
Keith Westfall
07-24-2010, 2:20 PM
A google search quickly gave 36,000 references....
Jim Eller
07-24-2010, 4:51 PM
A google search quickly gave 36,000 references....
I've been through the first 1,000 of those and the first 500 of Ask...... before I got here.
One SketchUp drawing without details.
Jim Eller
08-05-2010, 8:17 AM
Still lookin' for help.
John Lock
08-05-2010, 12:51 PM
Something like this?
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/canjo-plans
Jim Eller
08-05-2010, 3:21 PM
Something like this?
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/canjo-plans
Ya John, that's the one I have.
I'm still looking for can attachment info, fret placement and etc.
Thanks,
Jim
brian corwin
08-05-2010, 5:05 PM
can be found if you google stick-dulcimer
edit:
here is a link that has some discussion of making a two string instrument that indicates fret spacing.
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=25849
and here is a fret calculator for a diatonic instrument
http://www.mimf.com/archives/dulcimer_fretcalc.htm
with a better one found by googling stewmac fret calculator
Kevin Lucas
08-05-2010, 5:18 PM
Try here it may be what you are looking for. Determine the scale length
http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips2.html#11
and then figure the fret spacing
http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips1.html#NECK
Hope that helps
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