Banjos IDENTICAL to the ones Frank Proffitt (and later Frank Proffitt, Jr) sold, are still being made by Clifford Glenn In Sugar Grove, NC, or were, last I heard. They wouldn't be all that expensive. Try calling 704-297-2297 (Glenn's last known number, but I haven't tried it recently). Or you might drop a postcard to Clifford Glenn, 631 Big Branch Road, Sugar Grove, NC. Sorry, I don't have the zip code.
    Frank Proffitt, Jr., by the way, died more than a year ago. Heart, I'm told.
    Sandy Paton