Why We Built Balsam Banjoworks: Keeping Banjo Hardware American-Made Written By Patrick David Sawyer Founder and CEO of Pisgah Banjos and Balsam Banjoworks I started Pisgah Banjos in 2012 with the goal of building high-quality, handcrafted, American-made open-back banjos. But early on, I ran into a serious challenge: finding good, American-made hardware. At the time, nearly all banjo hardware was either imported or poorly (read the rest...) see all banjo faq's