Pea Patch Minstrel-style Laminated Duo-tone Padauk-Boxwood Bones, wide
Pea Patch Minstrel-style Laminated Duo-tone Padauk-Boxwood Bones, wide
Size:Wide TRADITIONAL MINSTREL DESIGN, EXOTIC WOODS...PLAIN PRICE. Pea Patch Minstrel Style Bones are perfect for thrifty living-history minstrel band performers, Civil War reenactors or any bones connoisseur on a budget. SOLID PADAUK AND BOXWOOD: New-fangled minstrel style padauk and boxwood bones jazz up any tune. Innovative laminated "duo-tone" design lets you vary the tone depending how you align the woods. PADAUK [pah-DOWK] (aka Vermillion) is a very durable exotic wood from central and tropical west Africa. Prized for it's brilliant salmon color, padauk delivers a highly resonant medium tone. BOXWOOD (beige) is a hard, close-grained and heavy exotic evergreen native to England and Turkey that delivers a strong sharp tone. HISTORICALLY ACCURATE DESIGN: The most popular woods during the American Minstrel Era were Ebony and Rosewood. Some folks made their own bones from local hardwoods. Now you can treat yourself to rare budget-priced rhythm bones made from exotic laminated Padauk and Boxwood. They're patterned after vintage Percy Danforth Minstrel Style Bones made by the late master woodcrafter, Ray Schairer (1922 - 2011). WHY CHOOSE THESE BONES: Living history musicians who perform at Minstrel era and Civil War gigs should choose Pea Patch Minstrel-style Bones for their historically accurate design. You will also appreciate the sharp powerful tone that cuts through the clamor of festival crowds - and so will curious onlookers! So if you want historically accurate minstrel style bones that are brawny and powerful, ideal for medium or large hands; fashionably styled, colorful to watch & fun to play; professionally handcrafted one at a time from exotic hardwoods and yours at a budget price, then these Wide Pea Patch Minstrel-style Laminated Bones are for you. TECHNICAL SPECS (± 1/16"): Length: 7-1/2" (19.0 cm), Width: 1-1/4" (3.18 cm), Thickness: 3/8" (0.95 cm)
- Ideal for Medium or Large hands: Significantly wider width than vintage Danforth Bones.
- Brawny Shape: Provides more heft...creates a powerful presence. TIP: two-fingers between the bones grip (pictured left) works best for wide bones.
- Historically accurate shape - but non-period "new-fangled" minstrel design.
- Fun for living history minstrel band performers. Conversation piece for Civil War reenactors jamming around the camp fire.
- Professional Quality...Budget price.