Lovers of the banjo will hail with delight the introduction of an improved instrument of that type, Instead of being encumbered with seven < strings the new banjo has only five, but this ia by no means Mie groatesfe improvement. The hoad of the instrument is suspended inside a box, the back of which really acts aa a sounding board to throw forth the sound. The result is that great power Cbiiplod with wonderful sweetness of tone is secured. The agency for the improved banjo in this colony has been undertaken by Mr A. A. Partridge, a former resident in this city. Mr Partridge is MraSdlf a roaster of this instrument, and purposes taking-a studio in order to accommodate pupils who may wish to learn to perform on the improved banjo.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 91, 17 April 1894, Page 2
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