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Ralph Geiger Banjos: Old-time handmade fretless five-string banjos. Ralph Geiger makes banjos in the folk tradition using traditional methods and materials, and historically plausible original designs.
When I think of a banjo made in the folk tradition I envision an instrument made by an artisan who has had no formal training in making musical instruments. I envision an instrument made without the use of power tools and made without the use of industrial technology. And I envision an instrument that is eclectic, eccentric and idiosyncratic.
I use methods and materials available to a 19th century rural craftsman. I use basic hand tools - planes, spokeshaves, chisels, hand saws, scrapers, a brace and bits - ancestors of which have been used for hundreds of years. My banjos are 100% organic. I use no synthetic materials. Heads are calfskin or goatskin, strings are gut. I use nut oil finishes and old-fashioned hot hide glue. The woods are from species indigenous to North America.
I do not make reproductions. My banjos are original designs. However, as I use traditional methods and materials, it is possible that banjos like these could have been made 100 or more years ago. In a historical setting these instruments would not be anachronistic ...
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