Next one

Formula to buy banjos as everybody knows is N + 1  (N being the number of banjos you already own).
Although I thought to break this rule at this years Banjoree (and buy 0, not 1 + x, x beeing the number of banjos you dream of) I really was stunned by the sound of one of the banjos on display there.
Pär from Sweden/Wernigerode had built several big banjos with natural skins and a pot made from a bushel for grains. And there was this fretless 36 cm / 14 2/3´´ piece. I had the chance to play on it for half an hour. In the end I couldn´t  resist.
Pictures here:




And it sounds like this: 






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