Hi! I am curious as to how the picking mechanism on a banjo machine functions. Does anybody out there have a diagram of the picking mechanism that they would share with me? Thanks, Domingo Mancuello bullwinkle2@mac.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] [ An entertaining guitar plucking and playing machine is described at [ http://www.me.gatech.edu/mechatronics_lab/Projects/Fall00/group3/contents.htm [ A novel fingering mechanism by inventor Don Gilmore is described at [ http://www.freshpatents.com/Automated-stringed-instrument-player-dt20050811ptan20050172779.php [ -- Robbie