Charles E Brasher.

colinmcc · Post by **colinmcc** » 12 May 2006 1:39 pm

I have recently added a page on Charles E Brasher to my www.notecannons.com site. Look under Patents in the index.

Charles was a luthier from Toronto Canada who made Resonator guitars and who patented a resonator. Unlike Schireson I can't find any record of national-dobro going against him for patent infringement, if anyone has any more information or pictures of instruments I would very much like to hear from them and add the info to my pages.

I have posted resonator patents from the Dopyeras, Beauchamp and Schireson there too.

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 12 May 2006 2:07 pm

Nice find Colin!
Good to hear from you too.

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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.

Bryan Bradfield · Post by **Bryan Bradfield** » 12 May 2006 4:45 pm

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colinmcc · Post by **colinmcc** » 12 May 2006 5:34 pm

Thank you Bryan!

It sounds as though you knew the family? I would really appreciate it if you could find out any more details, and pictures etc for my pages. Notecannons is not a profit making enterprise, the stuff that Michael Messer and I post there is just for folk who are interested ( obsessed might be a better word for us! <smile>) to read, so any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

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Bryan Bradfield · Post by **Bryan Bradfield** » 12 May 2006 7:52 pm

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colinmcc · Post by **colinmcc** » 15 May 2006 6:32 pm

It seems that Brian and a colleague are researching an article on Charles Brasher, and feel that my web page is trampling on their project, they have contacted me privately and I have 'aggreed to dissagree'.

I presume that this is why Brian has removed his replies!

Should anyone contact me with any Brasher related instruments or data, I will pass it on to Brian too.

Colin

Bryan Bradfield · Post by **Bryan Bradfield** » 15 May 2006 7:19 pm

That is a reasonable assumption, Colin, regarding my removal of my posts. I spent a few years and a few dollars amassing some information, photographs, and artifacts, before burning out on the project. This was before the internet became the useful tool that it is today. I handed the project off to an enthusiastic and willing colleague who has spent a few more years and a few more dollars amassing more information, photographs, and artifacts. As I stated in one of my posts, I published a now out-of-print magazine article many years ago, and my colleague hopes to publish part 2, the rest of the story. Given the resources that he has subsequently poured into this project, I feel that I owe it to my colleague to respect his wishes and his privacy. I apologize to you, Colin, and as well to my colleague, for jumping the gun on this subject.

colinmcc · Post by **colinmcc** » 28 Apr 2009 4:02 pm

It is now 2009 and still you jealously guard your Brasher information. I've refrained from placing more of what I know about Brasher's instruments on my http://notecannons.com site out of respect for your work, but if you aren't ever going to publish, then would you allow me access to your findings so that I can build a site around Charles Brasher's guitars?

Aloha

Colin