Chuck spent a lot of yesterday fretting. (no, not worrying...putting in the frets!) We are working on a group of banjos which will hit their boxes for shipping very soon! We've spent a lot of time, months really, working with these pieces of wood from block to completed banjo. It's a great reward to see them finished and ready for new homes. After so many hours of care taken, it's a pleasure to have them completed, yet I sometimes feel reluctant to part with them. Chuck is generally ready to them to get into the players' hands. For Chuck, it's the joy of the player and the beauty of the music that keeps him making banjos.This group we're building has two new model prototypes --the Cottonwood 11", with Dobson tone ring, and the first Tenor, a Chautauqua 11", with a Silver Bell tone ring (it is so petite and cute!). Watch this space and our website for pictures to come.
5 comments:
Is that a "Chuck Lee Banjo Company" hat?! I have to own one of these...
every great artist is willing to let their art go cause they know it doesn't belong to them...and they are grateful for being God's poema (workmanship)
POEMA!
You are beyond the soliloquy of Shakespeare
You are beyond Milton’s Paradise regained
You are beyond Blake’s Songs of Innocence
Beyond Picasso’s purveying pain
More beautiful the Michaelangelo’s painted ceiling
More precious than a Rembrandt reeling
Ev’ry line ev’ry verse scored in love
Penned by the hands of redemption from above
You are POEMA!
God’s poetry
And...you make banjo poetry...
Listen to his tail
strum a badger!
Steve,
Yes, it's the first "Chuck Lee Banjo Company" hat. I will be ordering some more hats soon and I will announce their arrival here on my blog.
Patrick,
Thank you for your Blessing and compliments. You are very encouraging. I am pleased you're finding joy in your Badger banjo-guitar.
So... about the availability of those hats.
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