It’s not your everyday banjo. With musical instruments being cranked out of big factories every day, Geoff Stelling’s handmade banjos are a true rarity. The Afton-based business produces just 200 or ...

AFTON Standing silently with a banjo in each hand, staring at a jaded U.S. patent examiner, Geoff Stelling knew he had something good. He had been to Washington and been rejected twice before. But ...

It's been more than 30 years since Geoff Stelling picked his banjo for the folks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Frustrated by a pair of patent rejections, Stelling had traveled to Washington ...

It's been more than 30 years since Geoff Stelling picked his banjo for the folks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Frustrated by a pair of patent rejections, Stelling had traveled to Washington ...