![]() When CanJoe*John decided to go into the full time business as sole proprietor of The CanJoe Company that first year, he had already been directly and intimately involved in business with Herschel for over a couple of years, prior. Herschel, though, who officially made his living in full time business as a licensed building contractor in eastern NC, initially offered his one-stringed musical creations as kits to a world wide public market through a wood working supply catalog company headquartered in the state of California, but was not, then, nor ever operating any business specifically created for, licensed as, or recognized for exclusive purpose in producing and/or publicly selling these items. Prior to CanJoe*John establishing the licensed business, The CanJoe Company of Blountville, TN in the year 1994, no other similar enterprise in the business world, anywhere on Earth, existed or operated with sole purpose of designing, creating, manufacturing, marketing, and doing public trade in the distribution and sales of these cool one-stringed musical instruments, except for that of the instrument’s genuine design originator, Herschel R. The reason isn’t because duty says he shouldn’t, but because passion says he couldn’t.” ~ Walter Lippman Let a human being throw energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty… A genuine craftsman will not adulterate his product. The electrification of stringed instruments has changed the design of these instruments to adapt to electronics.“ You don’t have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose.The collection includes large sections of bowed and plucked stringed instruments The National Music Museum on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion houses the world's largest collection of vintage musical instruments with more than 15,000 pieces. ![]() Collectors should carefully inspect a stringed instrument in person prior to purchasing, as cracks in the wood can significantly reduce the value of a vintage stringed instrument. Knowledge of the particular instrument is of much help to collectors, as many stringed instruments, particularly violins, have been reproduced or faked. Some collect guitars, others violins, and so on. Electric amplification changed the style and type of performances for many instruments.Ĭollectors usually focus on one category of vintage stringed instruments. In the 1800s, mass production increased the availability and affordability of stringed instruments. The introduction of metal-wrapped strings improved the volume and flexibility of most instruments. The design of antique string instruments changed frequently until the Renaissance when instrument designs became more standardized. Stringed instruments include violins, guitars, banjos, mandolins, lutes, and numerous other instruments. The earliest stringed instruments have been found in archaeological sites in Mesopotamia dating back more than 3,000 years. The strings are either plucked or bowed to produce the vibration. Stringed instruments include any musical instrument that uses the vibration of strings to produce sound.
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