Comment by Jody Stecher on April 30, 2009 at 17:12

Are these all banjos built by you?

Comment by Eric STEFANELLI on April 30, 2009 at 17:19

No just built the cello banjo, and also thePatricia's banjo who is a copy of Bacon F.F. Proffessional, and also made a new neck for guitar banjo...Only ! But i made many copies of fairbanks electrics. I plan to make also some clads pots 12 " inches to make some copies of S.S. Stewart 13" pot grand concert some next months.
I've finished a new 13" pot fretless flush frets banjo, it's sound good !

Comment by Eric STEFANELLI on April 30, 2009 at 17:21

I will put some photos of this 13" pot fretless bjo next.

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 30, 2009 at 17:34

Do you make the tone rings for the Bacon and Electric? It's been tried in America and the Bacon copies are very close in sound to the originals but so far not the scalloped Electric/Whyte Laydie ones which do sound good but not the same as the old ones. I know it can be done because Clifford Essex made the same tone ring and it sounded as good or better.

Comment by Eric STEFANELLI on April 30, 2009 at 20:28

Yes Jody you'r right ! Copies of old bacon tonerings are near the olds but new whyte Laydie are not very good as i know, SCALLOPED PART IS TOO THICK and the metal turned over was german silver, now it is brass covered with nickel, iy is vry bad, i have some feets of german silver at home, i found and see one Gold Tone with a clad pot but it is not made of german silver, but it is made of sleeve brass covered with nickel, this alloy is not very clear, just good for playing some frailling, but the sound is bad. i will try to make fairbanks "electric " pots, at this time, i'm studying the best way for making a speening weel. I've bought recently a good Fairbanks "Electric" #3, it need some restorations, particulary the inlays, and peghead, i can take some measurements, and begin to work for a new one.

Hello Rob ! I will put some photos of my 13" inches fretless banjo, i'm waiting for next week to do that.
Hello banjo friends, i've left the group for some days, i was very busy , and this week too, i'll come back to the group next week, i'm going to Germany to make a demonstrtion of my Edisons talking machine and show some cylinders of Vess L. Ossman and Fred Van Eps (our masters of course !!!) to the German banjo afficionados, after, Pat and I , will with Clarke Buehling for 3 days to prepare something to play together at Banjoree in Germany. Good program !

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 30, 2009 at 20:42

I look forward to playing one of your banjos one day, Eric.

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