Norton Greenop

Norton Greenop
Norton Greenop was primarily a music hall artist and band leader hailing from the UK.

In 1903 he designed and patented his own range of Banjos. He branded and marketed them but he never had his own workshop and all of the Banjos were made by Dallas. By 1926 he had patented and started production on a range of Banjos with the brackets passing through circular tubes which were said to add tone to the instrument, and a concave "receiving pan" rear resonator to project the tone forwards. He called these "Tonetube" Banjos and whilst it wasn't a major part, the range did include a Ukulele Banjo version.

Norton Greenop died in 1930