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The oldest available plans for a cigar box instrument were published in 1884 by Daniel Carter Beard, co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
The plans for this 5-string banjo can be viewed online (thanks to Google Books) in their 1890 republished form in
"The American Boy's Handy Book".Check out this collection of vintage plans from American history:
1890: How To Build An 'Uncle Enos' Banjo - Daniel Carter Beard
1910: Building a Homemade Cigar Box Ukulele - S. H. Samuels
1920: Cigar Box Uke - Charles A. King
1920: Cigar Box Jazzolin - Popular Mechanics
1923: Musical Instruments From Cigar Boxes - Popular Mechanics
1936: US Patent on a pitch fork instrument - Grant C. Haium
1949: Vaudeville Fiddle - Science and Mechanics Magazine
1954: One-Tube Cigar Box Amplifier - Science & Mechanics Magazine
1955: How To Make A Rebec Fiddle - Roy L. Claugh, Jr.
1960: Fun With a 2x4 Electric Bass - Popular Science Magazine
1976: The Cigar Box Guitar - Guitar Player Magazine
1977: Rawhide Violin
