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    The banjo clock, or banjo timepiece, is an American wall clock with a banjo-shaped case. It was invented by Simon Willard, originally of Grafton, Massachusetts...
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  • Banjo-Kazooie is a 1998 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Controlling the player characters, the bear Banjo...
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    balloon clock is derived from French styles that are usually of satinwood or mahogany with a convex or flat dial. Banjo clock Carriage clock Lantern clock Watson...
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    A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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    Right after inventing the banjo clock, Simon Willard brought the design further, designing the similar Massachusetts shelf clock which was related to the...
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    Parliament clock Anniversary clock (uses a torsion pendulum) Banjo clock Bracket clock Cartel clock Comtoise or Morbier clock Crystal regulator Cuckoo clock Grandfather...
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    the eight-day patent timepiece that came to be known as the gallery or banjo clock. Simon Willard – a 2nd great-grandson of the Massachusetts colonist Simon...
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    Massachusetts Shelf clock Willard Patent Timepiece (Banjo-Clock) Gallery Clock Regulator clock 30-hour wall clock (Grafton timepiece) On every unit, Aaron Willard...
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    "improved fire hydrant". 1802 Banjo clock A banjo clock is a wall clock with an inverted banjo-shaped case. The banjo clock normally lacks a striking mechanism...
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  • (1753–1826), German engineer of astronomical clocks. Simon Willard, (1753–1848), American clockmaker, Boston, Banjo-Clock. Pierre Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), French...
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  • Harvard Clock Company produced 800 clocks of marine, carriage, banjo, and shelf types. The Harvard Clock Company would change its name to Boston Clock Company...
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  • support stemmed from the Tall Clock production but he didn't produce these models longer after 1802 when he patented his Banjo clock and this invention became...
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    and most famous of the Willard brothers, developed his first so called banjo clock, more properly called the "Willard Patent Timepiece", which was patented...
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  • folk trio consisting of singer Cass Elliot (1941–1974), singer-songwriter-banjo player Tim Rose (1940–2002), and singer-guitarist Jim Hendricks (b. 1940)...
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    New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The yard produced brass fittings for banjo clocks, in an attempt by Charles Schwab to keep the talented workers employed...
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  • more of a balladeer than Drew, and he played chords on the five-string banjo. Kelly sang many defining versions of traditional songs like "The Black...
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  • USA 3756.  10¢ postage stamp: "The American Clock," a definitive stamp, depicting the face of a banjo clock made around 1805 by Simon Willard. 2002 2003...
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    seen in the Portrait of Sylvanus C. Foss and Mary Jane Foss, 1836), the banjo clock, and paintings of the family homestead. He is best known "for his double...
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    List of demo tapes Title Details Banjo Story Released: 1988 Beck and Dava Released: 1990 We Like Folk... Who Cares... Destroy Us Released: 1991 Bek's...
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    Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny...
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    or a six-string banjo guitar, making his own instrument by attaching the neck of a guitar to a banjo. The result was a louder banjo with a jazz tone;...
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  • Joby Gee, Ben Brown, Michael Harrowes, Nick Packer (Channel 4) Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew: "Darts" – Peter Hein (Sky1) Tape & Film Editing Drama...
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  • days". Banjo - Banjo is a bear recruited by Diddy. Banjo made his debut as a playable character as part of the cast of Diddy Kong Racing. Banjo-Kazooie...
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  • Scorsese film Gangs of New York. Kiernan lends his voice to the character of Banjo Barry in the animated film Sir Billi. The film was released in 2012. In...
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    has influenced acts like Mumford & Sons and contributed to a revival of banjo-picking string bands playing Americana music—leading to variations on it...
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    recorded in writing, are much older. In the 19th century, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson captured the experience of the bush using a distinctive Australian...
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    Greene – percussion, drums, piano, banjo, backing vocals (1995–2000, 2001–2008, 2018–present) Garry Murray – banjo, mandolin, fiddle, additional guitars...
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    2023. Winans, Robert B. (1976). "The Folk, the Stage, and the Five-String Banjo in the Nineteenth Century". The Journal of American Folklore. 89 (354)....
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  • Wild 1936 9th 0 2 Winterset 1936 9th 0 2 After the Thin Man 1936 9th 0 1 Banjo on My Knee 1936 9th 0 1 Cain and Mabel 1936 9th 0 1 Dancing Pirate 1936...
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  • Monster High, starts a music battle with her guitar against Operetta and her banjo during Mr. Rotter's class. After class, Astranova calls Ever After High's...
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