Photos of our facilities

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Paul Hopkins supervises the machining of another Hopkins tone ring. Each stage of the work is meticulously excecuted. Paul has produced hundreds of tone rings. Each one passes a rigorous inspection. Samples are taken on a regular basis and submitted for metallurgical analysis to insure the correct composition. The machinist in this photo is Lee Nease.



In order to produce the most precise inlays possible, we use this state of the art CNC cutter to manufacture both the headstocks and the fingerboards.


David is cutting pearl inlay for the fingerboards and headstocks on the CNC table.


Then the fingerboards and headstocks are brought over to this table, where the inlay work is completed by Paul or David.


David at work on a neck assembly after fingerboard has been attached. Next, David will stain it and Paul will put the finish on it.



Across from the assembly table is a gallery of photos of Mike in various stages of his career.



The tools he used to work with from the 1950's until his passing are shown here.



Final assembly is done here under bright light so every aspect of the instrument can be clearly seen. On this same table, Mike Longworth inlaid the fingerboards of the stringed instruments of many famous musicians. His work is still known world-wide.


Paul inspects the glued-up necks before binding and final shaping.



David and Paul Hopkins inspecting a banjo after assembly is complete. Then the instrument is placed into a hard shell case, carefully packed, and shipped to one of our dealers. They make sure that every banjo looks right, sounds right and feels right.

After all, their personal signatures are inside every banjo.


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