A few instruments I have made recently ***pay no attention to the dates on the right corner of photo***

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Made A Year ago A four string dulcimer type banjo

 The Next Instrument IS AN OPEN BACK BANJO POT MADE FROM WOOD CUT IN 1929  , THE NECK WAS MADE FROM BUTTERNUT TREE  I WILL HAVE A FINISHED PHOTO LATER

A MODEL MANDOLIN__SOLD

A MODEL SOLID WOOD MANDOLIN, STIKA SPRUCE AND MAPLE BACK
IN THE PHOTO, THE TOP IS FACE DOWN AND THE KERFING IS CLAMPED AND GLUED

Getting Ready For Music and Molasses   +++++Join us the 20th of Oct.....2012   Sat. and Sunday...........20th. In Nashville, Tn.   At Ellington Agriculture Center.

MS ADAMS BANJO Finished Banjo

Fiberskin head


I AM READY TO BE HELD AND PLAYED WAITING FOR MY OWNER TO PICK UP.












Banjo sound well maple and walnut

Elvis cookie tin Dulcimer--

CHECK ARCHIVES FOR OTHER ARTICLES

SOME HAVE ASK ABOUT PAST INSTRUMENTS AND JAMS , CHECK IN THE ARCHIVES FOR PREVIOUS YEARS.

Mandolin In the 2010 Flood in Tennessee

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE ALL THE PIECES TAKEN APART AND THE CLEANING STARTS








This mandolin come into my shop for repair. It was in the may 2010 flood that hit Tennessee. Watch as I bring new life back to this wonderful old instrument, More about the mandolin later.