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A.O. Windsor Ideal Model 8 Banjo ....cost?


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A friend of mine has inherited a banjo.

 

It was made by A.O. Windsor, of Birmingham, England.

It's an "Ideal model 8".

 

The A.O. Windsor company went out of business in

1940 when the factory was destroyed in an air raid!

The banjo was bought by my mate's uncle from a music

shop here in Adelaide, in 1953.

(Which is, coincidentally, the year I was born.)

 

I haven't seen it but, evidently it's in pristine condition.

 

My mate would like to know how much the banjo is worth.

 

I know zilch about Banjos and how much they cost.

 

Anyone here know about this model and how much

it would be worth?

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Thanks for the link Mike.

Unfortunately, Jim's site

is "Coming Soon".

 

It's been "coming soon" for several years now. Even a banjo player should be able to figure out his e-mail address from what I posted (only slightly hidden to slow down the address-scavenging robots).

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How you doin fretwizz,

 

I used to have a Windsor Ideal Model 8, the tenor version, I had it for about 16 years, paid $150. bucks for it (Australian dollars) I used it on my last two albums...

 

(You can hear it here:

http://www.myspace.com/cwstoneking

on 'Darktown Blues' and 'The Love Me Or Die')

 

...and then accidently left it in the trunk of a New York City taxi last year (along with my 1974 33d Dobro). If your friend has the tenor version and wants to sell it I'd be interested in it.

 

C.W.

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How you doin fretwizz,


I used to have a Windsor Ideal Model 8, the tenor version, I had it for about 16 years, paid $150. bucks for it (Australian dollars) I used it on my last two albums...


(You can hear it here:


on 'Darktown Blues' and 'The Love Me Or Die')


...and then accidently left it in the trunk of a New York City taxi last year (along with my 1974 33d Dobro). If your friend has the tenor version and wants to sell it I'd be interested in it.


C.W.

 

 

Hi CW - so good to see you here on Craig's forum - love your work mate!

 

check out this guy everyone. he's one special man. IMHO.

 

cheers

john

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Sent you a PM with contact details C.W.

 

 

How you doin fretwizz,

I used to have a Windsor Ideal Model 8, the tenor version, I had it for about 16 years, paid $150. bucks for it (Australian dollars) I used it on my last two albums...

(You can hear it here:


on 'Darktown Blues' and 'The Love Me Or Die')

...and then accidently left it in the trunk of a New York City taxi last year (along with my 1974 33d Dobro). If your friend has the tenor version and wants to sell it I'd be interested in it.

C.W.

 

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