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Ladies and Gentlemen,   Just wanted to drop a brief note and some pictures of our (Terry Bell and myself) gourd banjo build yesterday.  After meeting Terry at the Michigan banjo gathering back in February, where I attended as a mere enthusiast (and broke, banjoless, student), he gave me the generous offer that if I got a couple of gourds he would help me make my first banjo.  Well yesterday was f…