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trapdoor2 - Posted - 03/24/2026: 13:32:34
I'd buy it for the Pidoux connection alone!
Joel Hooks - Posted - 03/24/2026: 13:47:21
I'm having a hard time figuring out if it is all there.
AndrewD - Posted - 03/24/2026: 13:54:25
Ah well. Looks like it only works on an open back. I was considering installing it on my Slingerland MayBell, which has 'Pidoux Birmingham' stamped on the resonator bolt.
trapdoor2 - Posted - 03/24/2026: 14:26:11
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Originally posted by Joel Hooks
I'm having a hard time figuring out if it is all there.
If I win it, we'll find out! 
It looks like the bolt that attaches the lever to the actuator is missing. It probably can be made to work, but it would be nice if complete...
Edited by - trapdoor2 on 03/24/2026 14:29:02
EEB - Posted - 03/25/2026: 03:00:20
Remarkable tangible evidence of the wild allure of 1920's banjoists that they had to fit a 12/6d device to their instrument to reduce the nuisance of unwanted sexual contact. Unless, without my reading glasses, I’m completely misunderstanding this?
Edited by - EEB on 03/25/2026 03:06:39
Stephen John Prior - Posted - 03/25/2026: 05:01:37
Nice to see comprehensive photos, It appears that the part that screws onto the threaded section is broken ?
Joel Hooks - Posted - 03/25/2026: 07:19:45
quote:
Originally posted by EEB
Remarkable tangible evidence of the wild allure of 1920's banjoists that they had to fit a 12/6d device to their instrument to reduce the nuisance of unwanted sexual contact. Unless, without my reading glasses, I’m completely misunderstanding this?
"S.X" was a clever abbreviation for "Essex" and was applied to several Clifford Essex marked/produced accessories.
Also, you are late by a decade on the "1920s", as this was from the 1910s.
EEB - Posted - 03/25/2026: 07:53:39
quote:
Originally posted by Joel Hooks
quote:
Originally posted by EEB
Remarkable tangible evidence of the wild allure of 1920's banjoists that they had to fit a 12/6d device to their instrument to reduce the nuisance of unwanted sexual contact. Unless, without my reading glasses, I’m completely misunderstanding this?
"S.X" was a clever abbreviation for "Essex" and was applied to several Clifford Essex marked/produced accessories.
Also, you are late by a decade on the "1920s", as this was from the 1910s.
I think you'll find that pre-WW1 lady banjoists simply fended off unwanted advances with the pointy end of a handy parasol. Male banjoists generally just blushed crimson and stutteringly changed the subject to the weather.
Advertising featuring 'S.X' as a marketing device would no doubt have been whitewashed over at night by zealous members of the English League Against Indecency.
Edited by - EEB on 03/25/2026 07:59:02
Joel Hooks - Posted - 03/25/2026: 08:09:04
In the 1920s, banjoists would just burn would be assailants with the ever handy cigarette.
