In about 1964 I bought a banjo from Frank Proffitt after reading an article in SingOut. Then just before he died I bought myself a dulcimer- the banjo was for my husband. I still have the letters from Frank and one from his wife. I have figured that the dulcimer she sent me was probably made by Leonard Glenn. We met Jeff Davis at Pinewoods camp in about 1965. Mr. Proffitt was supposed to come there but got a building job. We never got to see him play but I loved and still sing songs learned from the recordings of him. And we still have the banjo and dulcimer plus ones made by either Leonard or Clifford Glenn. Frank Proffitt Jr. stayed with us when he came out to perform for the San Diego Folk Festival several years back. I just found this thread because we want to give the Glenn banjo to a very nice LA man who played Satan
Your Kingdom Must Come Down in a contest. The information here is very interesting.