Members Cry Logic Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 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 musicshop 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 muchit would be worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted June 13, 2009 CMS Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 No, but Jim Bollman, a collector and historian in the Boston area knows quite a bit about English banjos. Try writing to jim at fineoldbanjos dot com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thanks for the link Mike.Unfortunately, Jim's site is "Coming Soon".Not yet operational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted June 14, 2009 CMS Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted June 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2009 Ooops! I was in a hurry and didn't really look at what you'd written! DOH! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cwstoneking Posted July 3, 2009 Members Share Posted July 3, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Chappell Posted July 3, 2009 Members Share Posted July 3, 2009 C.W., I checked out your myspace page, your tunes "The Love Me or Die" and "Darktown Strutters Blues" and your video of "Jungle Blues." An absolute delight. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted July 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2009 ".....If your friend has the tenor version and wants to sell it I'd be interested in it...."C.W. sorry CW ... only just saw this .... I'll see what my friend wants to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted July 5, 2009 Members Share Posted July 5, 2009 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. 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. cheersjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted July 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2009 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: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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