Interview: Stan Werbin, Elderly Instruments, discusses Pete Seeger's missing handmade long-necked banjo

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Interview: Stan Werbin, Elderly Instruments, discusses Pete Seeger' s missing handmade long-necked banjo

Host: MELINDA PENKAVA Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

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Mr. PETE SEEGER: (Singing) Where have all the flowers gone? Long time...

PENKAVA: Pete Seeger's 55-year-old long-necked banjo, the one he made himself way back when, went missing last week in New York's Hudson River Valley. It's the banjo he used to record "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" among many other ...

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