Geoff said that he did not play very much as of late and mentioned that his calloses had gone away. I bought an old CD at the factory of Geoff with his group - Hard Times Bluegrass Band (circa 1974). Haven't played it yet.
Anyhow, the journey of 5 miles and return on the twisty one lane road to get to the Stelling factory was worth the effort. The Stelling farm is beautiful and well manicured (the factory is in the woods in the back). Interestingly, Geoff wife raises goats and produces goat cheese. At this point in the current economy, the goat cheese may be selling better than the banjos. The cheese is probably a little less expensive.
Geoff pointed out that in the insert of Steve Martin's Crow CD, Steve credits a new stelling banjo for enspiring the song on the CD - Late for School. Geoff talked about all the major banjo players that had banjos built by him from Ralph Stanley to ......