Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew if there was someone in Greenford, London selling banjo's? I'm looking to buy a new banjo, but want to try before I buy, and I heard someone sells Banjo's from a Garage in Greenford? Any info would be amazing! Or any other banjo's for sale around North London???
For one day, everyone on thesession should write with perfect spelling and grammar. If you write a post in MS Word and use the spelling/grammar check, it should put you right.
If you manage to locate that garage in Greenford, (and buy a banjo there) make sure that you get a MOT (Musical Operation Test) certificate with it ...
... and to avoid future ridicule from session.orgers regarding misuse of apostrophes, you might care to check-out this website:
The chap you are thinking of who used to trade from a garage at the end of his garden was Keith Payne. He bought the remains of Barry Dew's business in Camden after Barry died. Keith retired some years ago - I'm happy to report that he is still alive and well.
Philip Alexander bought the John Alvey Turner business when Doug Parry retired. He trades (I think) from an address in North London but can be found (sometimes) at Luthier's Corner in Denmark St. Kevin Scott is further out of town - Addlestone in Surrey - and his website is Findajo. I don't know if Mick Murphy in Willesden still does any banjo refurbishment & sales but that's another possibility. There are no serious banjo shops left in London, I'm sorry to say (whatever the Denmark St/Rathbone Place crowd may claim). Hope this helps you
I think that John Alvey Turner, as he still trades, is in Hertford. Should be in phone books, surely ?
It might be worth while getting in touch with Pete Stanley, who definitely is The Banjo Man, based off the Camden Road, refurbishes banjos for people. Be aware he IS his own man, if you take a banjo to him he will end up doing what the banjo told him to do, not always what you asked him to do ( so I have been told with slight exasperation by a friend ).
No doubt you're looking for a tenor, on this site. Don't know if Pete has any, as he's a 5-string man first and foremost, but worth a try.
If Philip Alexander trades in Hertford, I stand corrected - but it's not that far from North London. I wonder if there is even a "green belt" gap any longer?
Faversham is in East Kent, recently described as the "middle of nowhere" - possibly a little unkind but essentially true. It's a matter of economics - whilst London has the largest concentration of potential customers, it also has the highest overhead costs for any business. Balancing the one against the other is tricky. Some traders will opt for a London location and rely on high volume & better margins to pay the costs - Denmark St. demonstrates this. With a low turnover, high stock-cost product like a banjo, the arithmetic swung away from Central London locations many years ago. Long gone are the days when you could call in to Clifford Essex in Earlham Street and play a selection of the world's finest banjos. If prices are to remain reasonable, it is unavoidable that the dealers will re-locate outside London - the more stock & space needed, the further out that will tend to be. Limiting one's search to a small geographical area will restrict choice a good deal with a specialised product like a banjo. One reason why so many will buy a banjo by mail-order from Tom Cussen or Dave Boyle, more power to their collective elbow!
Just to update on Pete Stanley, he's in Torrianno Road ( or is it Avenue ?) can't mistake the house as the side of it is decorated with all the wheel trims that fall off the cars going too fast over the speedhumps ! He did have these along the front of the house, but the council told him to take them down - his reply was that he was an artist, and this was his work ! But they insisted.
Is this an example of banjo-player eccentricity ? Doesn't sound as bad as some I've met.
Banjo's for sale
Banjo's for sale
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew if there was someone in Greenford, London selling banjo's? I'm looking to buy a new banjo, but want to try before I buy, and I heard someone sells Banjo's from a Garage in Greenford? Any info would be amazing! Or any other banjo's for sale around North London???
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by FastEddie
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Banjos you mean. Why the apostrophe?
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by Gallowglass
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oh, im preferably looking for BandDs, Gibsons or Epiphones, Maybe Gretsch aswell
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by FastEddie
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@gallowglass
might be Banjo's banjos lmao
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by tradguy
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i think, for one day, everyone on thesession should only answer a post if they have something relevant to say.
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by FastEddie
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you get what you deserve
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by leoj
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For one day, everyone on thesession should write with perfect spelling and grammar. If you write a post in MS Word and use the spelling/grammar check, it should put you right.
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
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Leoj, did you mean "You get what you deserve."?
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by Gallowglass
Banjo is for sale
I was initially quite excited that Banjo was for sale.
And by the way, I find that 'Spell Check' is often terribly skewed towards an American view of the world.
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by Krick Stahlschwanz
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@Fasteddie
If you manage to locate that garage in Greenford, (and buy a banjo there) make sure that you get a MOT (Musical Operation Test) certificate with it ...
... and to avoid future ridicule from session.orgers regarding misuse of apostrophes, you might care to check-out this website:
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: Banjos for sale in London area
The chap you are thinking of who used to trade from a garage at the end of his garden was Keith Payne. He bought the remains of Barry Dew's business in Camden after Barry died. Keith retired some years ago - I'm happy to report that he is still alive and well.
Philip Alexander bought the John Alvey Turner business when Doug Parry retired. He trades (I think) from an address in North London but can be found (sometimes) at Luthier's Corner in Denmark St. Kevin Scott is further out of town - Addlestone in Surrey - and his website is Findajo. I don't know if Mick Murphy in Willesden still does any banjo refurbishment & sales but that's another possibility. There are no serious banjo shops left in London, I'm sorry to say (whatever the Denmark St/Rathbone Place crowd may claim). Hope this helps you
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by teetotaller
Re: Banjo's for sale
I think that John Alvey Turner, as he still trades, is in Hertford. Should be in phone books, surely ?
It might be worth while getting in touch with Pete Stanley, who definitely is The Banjo Man, based off the Camden Road, refurbishes banjos for people. Be aware he IS his own man, if you take a banjo to him he will end up doing what the banjo told him to do, not always what you asked him to do ( so I have been told with slight exasperation by a friend ).
No doubt you're looking for a tenor, on this site. Don't know if Pete has any, as he's a 5-string man first and foremost, but worth a try.
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Banjo's for sale
Why not try andy perkins in faversham
# Posted on January 27th 2011 by DES RYNNE
Re: Banjos for sale in London area
If Philip Alexander trades in Hertford, I stand corrected - but it's not that far from North London. I wonder if there is even a "green belt" gap any longer?
Faversham is in East Kent, recently described as the "middle of nowhere" - possibly a little unkind but essentially true. It's a matter of economics - whilst London has the largest concentration of potential customers, it also has the highest overhead costs for any business. Balancing the one against the other is tricky. Some traders will opt for a London location and rely on high volume & better margins to pay the costs - Denmark St. demonstrates this. With a low turnover, high stock-cost product like a banjo, the arithmetic swung away from Central London locations many years ago. Long gone are the days when you could call in to Clifford Essex in Earlham Street and play a selection of the world's finest banjos. If prices are to remain reasonable, it is unavoidable that the dealers will re-locate outside London - the more stock & space needed, the further out that will tend to be. Limiting one's search to a small geographical area will restrict choice a good deal with a specialised product like a banjo. One reason why so many will buy a banjo by mail-order from Tom Cussen or Dave Boyle, more power to their collective elbow!
# Posted on January 28th 2011 by teetotaller
Re: Banjo's for sale
Just to update on Pete Stanley, he's in Torrianno Road ( or is it Avenue ?) can't mistake the house as the side of it is decorated with all the wheel trims that fall off the cars going too fast over the speedhumps ! He did have these along the front of the house, but the council told him to take them down - his reply was that he was an artist, and this was his work ! But they insisted.
Is this an example of banjo-player eccentricity ? Doesn't sound as bad as some I've met.
# Posted on January 28th 2011 by Guernsey Pete
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Torrianno Avenue definitely.
# Posted on January 30th 2011 by Guernsey Pete