Canjo Plans Needed

[Jim Eller]

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]

A google search quickly gave 36,000 references....

[Jim Eller]

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]

Still lookin' for help.

[John Lock]

Something like this?

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/canjo-plans

[Jim Eller]

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]

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]

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