# How much did Benjamin Franklin charge for his **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852 "2006-10-01T17:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/1 "2006-10-01T17:50:22Z")
guitar lessons? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/2 "2006-10-01T18:10:55Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/3 "2006-10-01T18:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > * * * > > 1 Some sources state that Franklin also played the violin and the guitar. But: > "After many, many months of research in Franklin’s original manuscripts, I was able to dispel that myth. I have never seen any reference to either the guitar or the violin. (This is not to say that someone else might be able to produce some evidence.) > From private correspondence with Ellen Cohn of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin at Yale University, an editorial project that is publishing the complete writings of Franklin. (33 volumes are now available, which take his life up to 1781). From [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:1DjZD7ncsOUJ:www.glassarmonica.com/armonica/franklin/index.html+"benjamin+franklin"+guitar&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:1DjZD7ncsOUJ:www.glassarmonica.com/armonica/franklin/index.html+%22benjamin+franklin%22+guitar&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1) **MODERATOR NOTE**. **diggleblop**. Here we go again. I again implore you to quit posting inane questions in General Questions. And, assuming you won’t, would you quit your annoying habit of posting only part of your title? Finish the damned thing. Either learn how to do it the right way, or quit posting in this forum. I won’t lightly warn you again. Take this to heart. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/4 "2006-10-01T18:32:38Z")
When did Ben stop beating his wife? ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/5 "2006-10-01T22:35:28Z")
I’ll finish the questions as best as I can in the titles, but my questions are anything but inane. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/6 "2006-10-01T22:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] I’ll finish the questions as best as I can in the titles, but my questions are anything but inane. [/QUOTE] Cite Please? 😉 How was this question, without any references anything but inane? Where did you hear that Ben Franklin gave Guitar lessons? Where did you hear the he charged? Is there any proof he played guitar at all? Please provide some additional facts in a question like this. Of course \*\*samclem \*\* has provided a solid cite to remove even the foundation of your question. But it would have helped if you provided the information that led you to asking the question in GQ. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/7 "2006-10-02T01:11:52Z")
Heckler: Hey Ben, what did you do with the money? Ben Franklin: What money? Heckler: The money your mother gave you for guitar lessons. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-benjamin-franklin-charge-for-his/374852/8 "2006-10-02T03:28:36Z")
Since the OP has come back to this thread and acted in bad faith, I’ve closed it. **samclem** GQ moderator **MODERATOR WARNING** And now I’m giving you a formal warning **diggleblop**. If you were a mere Guest, you would be disappeared instantly. Unfortunately for me, you are a paid member and I cannot take unilateral action. But rest assured(or uneasily) that you are now formally entered in the moderator/Administrator database as acting in a jerkish way. No more warnings. **samclem** GQ moderator This message will be sent to you in email, so that you cannot say you never saw it.