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Carl Brownfield |
I saw a blog on this site about Pittman Tuners. I worked for Walt for a short period back in about 1963 in his garage in El Monte California. I had the oppertunity to meet Earl and Louise Scruggs at there house while working for Walt. Walt Pittman was a really nice guy who I remember as having a lot of neck and back problems at the time - due to his main profession as a heavy equipment operator. I mainly worked on small machines that made the brass parts for the tuners.
I also worked part time for a guy named Russ Miller that also lived in El Monte Cal. He was making and selling a cast pot banjo at the time. they were not a great banjo but for the price they weren't bad. I put the fret's in the fingerboard and the tuners on and Russ would assemble the rest of the banjo - it was a fun job for a 16 year old banjo wannabe. I don't know what ever happened to both of these guys as I left Southern Cal in 64 and went to Minnesota. I'm sure they both have passed by now, does anyone out there know anything about them
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