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Minstrel Style Bones
Authentic instruments for re-enactors and living history performers
Perfect for Minstrel Era and Civil War gigs.

Ebony was the wood of choice for Mister Bones on the professional minstrel stage. Rosewood was prominent too. (You could buy a set of four 7" ebony bones for thirty-five cents in the 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog. Rosewood cost twenty.)

Minstrel-style bones follow the standard 28 degree arc, and measure around 1" wide, by 3/8" thick, by 7" long.

Minstrel-style bones are characterized
by their oval ends.

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Minstrel Style Bones

Ebony Rhythm Bones.

Rosewood Rhythm Bones.

Vintage Rhythm Bones.

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Other minstrel style woods.

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Gorgeous Vintage Rosewood Only $69.97 pair In Stock!	Vintage Distressed Rosewood Only $79.97 pair In Stock!	Vintage Rosewood Bones Only $69.97 pair In Stock!	Grandfather's Vintage Ebony Bones Only $249.97 Full set (2 pairs) In Stock!

Vintage bones made from Danish rosewood.	Vintage distressed rosewood bones.	Vintage rosewood bones found with old natural rib bones.	Matched set of four vintage ebony bones from 1930s or earlier.


Vintage Die-Stamped Rosewood Bones Only $159.97 pair In Stock!

Owned by Frank Fast of Indiana (1892-1963).