In addition to the etching, plans for a cigar box banjo were published by Daniel Carter Beard, co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America, in 1884 as part of "Christmas Eve with Uncle Enos". The plans, retitled "How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo", were included in the 1890 edition of Beard's "American Boy's Handy Book" as supplementary material at the back of the book. These plans omitted the story but still showed a step-by-step description of a playable five-string fretless banjo made from a cigar box.