Will Zehring asks:
Maybe someone someday can also tell me how the heck it got that name, and
don't tell me because it's shaped like a banjo (unless that is the correct
answer).
Indeed, I never for a moment doubted that the shape is precisely why it is
called a banjo. Why this banjo has two diametrically-opposed finger
boards, I don't know, but it does look like a banjo. Similarly, banjo
fittings on fuel pumps, etc, look like banjos.
Allen Bachelder
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Allen H. Bachelder, Associate Professor of Trumpet
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Department of Music, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0240
E-mail: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu, Phone: 703-231-6713, Fax 703-231-5034
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