Tranjo on the Move!
Here's Phill Smithson playing his walnut Tranjo on a backpacking trip to the Lake District (somewhere in England)
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Here's Phill's original report of taking the prototype Tranjo to Greenland in 2003
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Lynne on the beach in Hawaii... |
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Mike in Hollywood... |
![](images/sedona_tranjo.jpg) | Dan in Sedona | | |
Tranjo owners -- please send me your pictures! I know you're taking those Tranjos with you all over the world -- I'd like to see it!
Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy, Gatlinburg TN April 2004
![](/images/smba_booth_tn.JPG) The first production Tranjos on display |
![](/images/smba_dan1_tn.JPG) Clawhammer teacher Dan Levenson... |
![](/images/smba_jenny2_tn.JPG) ...and his wife Jenny |
![](/images/smba_bill_tn.JPG) Bill Keith |
![](/images/smba_doug_tn.JPG) Doug Dillard |
![](/images/smba_larry_tn.JPG) Larry McNeely |
![](/images/smba_jack2_tn.JPG) Jack Hatfield |
![](/images/smba_biscuit_tn.JPG) 3-time National Banjo Champ Gary "Biscuit" Davis |
![](/images/smba_tom_tn.JPG) Banjo builder Tom Nechville |
![](/images/smba_nolan_tn.JPG) Future banjo legend Nolan Renison |
![](/images/smba_rick1_tn.JPG) Bridge maker Rick Sampson |
![](/images/smba_rick2_tn.JPG) Watching someone try to tune a Tranjo for the first time is always amusing... |
![](/images/smba_dougsam_tn.JPG) Doug Dillard and me |
![](/images/smba_jacksam2_tn.JPG) Jack Hatfield and me |
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IBMA Fan Fest, Louisville KY, October 2004
![](/images/ibma_group_tn.jpg) (l-r)Sam Farris (Tranjo), Tony Pass (Lost Timbre banjo rim), Bobbi Geyer (BNL web designer), Mike Smith (Kateyez bridges), Scott Zimmerman (Desert Rose banjos and Z-Bridges), David Schenkman (Turtle Hill Banjos) |
![](/images/ibma_david_tn.jpg) David Schenkman trying his new walnut Tranjo |
![](/images/ibma_tony_tn.jpg) Tony Pass gives one a try |
![](/images/ibma_johnd_tn.JPG) John Drummond, formerly of Banjo.com |
![](/images/ibma_wayne_tn.JPG) Wayne Rogers, president of Gold Tone. |
![](/images/ibma_ramsey_tn.JPG) John Ramsey, owner of the Folklore Center in Colorado Springs |
![](/images/ibma_auldridge_tn.JPG) The late Dobro legend Mike Auldridge. That's not a Tranjo, but I'm a big fan of Mike. |
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