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The skin on my Lyon and Healy tenor has loosened to the point that my bridge is sinking, causing some fret buzz. Is there an easy fix for this? I thought of wetting the skin and letting it dry out but I'm not sure. I have virtually no experience with calfskin vellums, but I understand they're pricey...

Thanks to all. That helps a lot.

So, I just won an e-bay auction for a Lyon and Healy tenor that dates back to the early 1900's. I'm very excited and want to set it up for Irish tuning right away. I already ordered a couple of sets of DAddario Irish strings, but does anyone have any suggestions for set-up? Should I replace the brid...

I love hornpipes-a few that I play are Chief O'Neil's Favorite,The First of May, The Glenbeigh,wich I learned from a Barney McKenna performance on youtube,and Napoleon Crossing the Rhine, which could also be a barndance but I like it better as a hornpipe. I also just picked up Burn's, which is the s...

By the way,for some reason Dm sounds great on the 5 string,too. something about the way the strings resonate...A lot of old American mountain music is in this key.

Tam Lin-both in D minor and A minor. On the fiddle it's pretty much the same in either key,but on the 5 string banjo it's like learning 2 different tunes(fingering wise)

Crooked:redundant is my middle name. And my first name... As far as 5th string spikes go, I do a lot of fretting on the 5th string, playing melodic style, and I wonder if ther spikes might get in my way. Anyone have any experience with this? On another subject altogether today I had a kind of breakt...

Hi Paul-speaking of 5th string spikes check this out-it made my day. I tried it and it works fine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JhPOdeD4k

I started playing banjo many years ago when my boss at the music store where I was teaching guitar asked me if I taught banjo. I said no,and he handed me a 5 stringer and said "Now you do." I took the thing home and mucked around with it till I had the basics down-as a Classical guitarist ...