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Recording King is a musical instruments brand currently owned by The Music Link Corporation, [1] based in Hayward, California, which also produces other musical instrument lines. Range of products commercialised under the Recording King brand are acoustic and resonator guitars, and banjos . [ 4 ]
Roscoe Holcomb (born Roscoe Halcomb; [1] September 5, 1912 – February 1, 1981) was an American singer, banjo player, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky.A prominent figure in Appalachian folk music, [2] Holcomb was the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound", coined by folklorist and friend John Cohen.
[1] Banjo-MH Powered version of the Banjo, with a retractable tractor configuration Hirth F33 two stroke 21 kW (28 hp) motor powering a two-bladed wooden propeller. Fuel capacity is 14 litres (3.1 imp gal; 3.7 US gal), gross weight is 260 kg (573 lb) and load limits +4 and -2g. The aircraft has a best glide ratio of 28:1. In production in 2011.
The total weight of the RK 62 76 is 3.27 kg. Unlike between AK-47 and AKM, the internal parts are fully interchangeable between RK 62 and RK 62 76, the only difference being the receiver. [3] RK 62 76 TP- stamped steel receiver version with an early type folding stock. [3] M/82 – a bullpup prototype assault rifle using the RK 62 76 receiver. [3]
Keith made a mechanical contribution to the banjo, as well. He designed a specialized type of banjo tuning peg that facilitates changing quickly from one open tuning to another, while playing. Earlier famed banjoist Earl Scruggs had designed a set of cams which were added to the banjo to perform this task. [citation needed]
They are differentiated from later Gibson banjos by their scarcity. Banjo sales plummeted during the Great Depression, for lack of buyers, and metal parts became scarce into the 1940s as factories shifted to support the war. [1] As parts became scarce, non-standard versions came out, made from a variety of leftover parts, called floor sweep ...
Samuel Swaim Stewart (January 8, 1855—April 6, 1898), also known as S. S. Stewart, was a musician, composer, publisher, and manufacturer of banjos. [3] He owned the S. S. Stewart Banjo Company, which was one of the largest banjo manufacturers in the 1890s, manufacturing tens-of-thousands of banjos annually. [4]
The album was conceived as a spin-off project inspired by on-set conversations between filmmaker Zombie and actor Lew Temple, who portrayed 'Adam Banjo' in the film. [2] Soon after, Temple's long-time friend, Jesse Dayton (an Austin, Texas-based alt-country musician and songwriter) was approached to helm the project as producer and bandleader ...