Yes. standard tenor tuning is in fifths, C-G-D-A, like a viola; Irish players use that, or tune it lower, to G-D-A-E like an octave mandolin....
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About all I can say: it is a 4-string banjo; you don't give dimensions, but with 4 strings it is either a tenor banjo, which would be at least 24"...
Yes. The hard-rubber pipestem material might be tricky to identify unless you've done some pipe-making. One might think it plastic, but it has...
Bamboo roots are used for various items in a number of Asian countries; I've seen bamboo root scoops and ladles from China, for example. Bali...
The bowl is most likely ebony; the stem is unlikely to be ebony, because there would be no way to carve it in a curved shape with an airway, and...
I'll concur with what everyone else says. Very nice for thrift store finds.
I'm not sure; but a bullroarer rotates about its long axis in use; so decorating both sides could produce unintended clashing of the designs....
I think otter too; the position of the feet would only make sense for a bear if it were lying on its back - a position more likely for an otter,...
You just have to scour ebay and the shops until you find the missing pieces!
It is hard to imagine that recipe..... But I've done some googling, and haven't found any other spices in that set. Found an interesting article...
There was a rack available, with a larger cat-head for garlic salt: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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