Thought you all might like to know, I've two friends who work at Guild in Westerly, Rhode Island, whom I have forwarded most of these messages to. Last I knew, which was a while ago, he was head of repair and she was sanding and shaping the fine, thin necks some of you like so well and others don't. They've both been involved there for a number of years and I know he is a wickedly good instrument maker on his own - he's a got a mandolin that is beautiful and sounds exquisite.

Maybe he'll join us.

Oh, by the way, Banjer, my dad has an old Harmony banjo with full ivory back, etc. saw one like it at Elderly a couple of months ago at about $3,000. He's been very happy with it ever since he got it at a hock shop in the fifties or sixties.

Later,

katlaughing