![]() ![]() I apprenticed under Monty and after about a year Baldwin decided to move the banjo operation to Arkansas. I met Monty Novotny there as he was the head craftsman at Ode. I went to work there just as the owner, Chuck Ogsbury, had completed the sale of the company to The Baldwin Piano Company. Bernie worked part time at Ode Banjos in Boulder as their mill man and suggested I apply there after he found out I had great interest in instrument building. At the gas company I met Bernie Nettesheim. I had almost completed my guitar which was a strange looking thing as I had no wood working tools and little experience with instrument building. I dropped out and took a job at the local utility company in the gas department. I became burned out with school and could not see a future with my major. It was the start of a very interesting journey. ![]() I had little money, so I went to Norlin Library on campus and checked out a book on how to make a Spanish guitar. While attending college I decided I needed a better guitar. How did you get interested in instrument making and come to work at Ode Banjo? I pursued a Masters Degree at CU for a spell. ![]() I graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder with a degree in Russian language and a minor in German and Russian history. I was born in El Paso, Texas but from the age of seven I lived in Colorado Springs, CO. His brother Andy also worked at NBN for many years. Reb was a founder of Novotny Bennett Nettesheim (NBN) guitars. ![]()
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