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@strumelia • 24 minutes ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Late Sunsets

@strumelia • 24 minutes ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Planxty Seymour Cleland

@homer-ross • 3 hours ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Planxty Seymour Cleland:

"Enjoyed it very much!"

@homer-ross • 3 hours ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Planxty Seymour Cleland

@dusty • 3 hours ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Planxty Seymour Cleland

@richard-streib • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @grampasam:

"So glad you joined. GrampaSam. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It is great that you are getting back to playing again. We are here to help out..."

@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @grampasam:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Grandpa Sam. It's good to have you aboard and know that you are getting back in to dulcimer playing. Have fun exploring this site and let..."

@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Planxty Seymour Cleland:

"What a joyous melody."

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new Audio File:
Late Sunsets

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"Thanks for listening, @dusty! It is a really fun tune to play, one of those in which you can get in a groove and stay with for a bit. "

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"Such subtle and precise noter technique!"

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Ditch's Running Full

@chcknj • 3 days ago

@chcknj is now following @ken-longfield

@robin-thompson • 4 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"@davisjames Hey, Jamie, this may be in a different tuning than the one I took down. (This one is D drones with an A melody. Another version we played was..."

@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"It's back!I was disappointed a few days ago when this melody was missing from the audio section.Glad to hear it again albeit slightly different."

@robin-thompson • 4 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"Thank you, @anne-bowman! I'm lucky to have a Jean Ritchie model diatonic from Blue Lion and it's really fun to play. "

@matt-berg • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Rocker":

"Makes sense. Thanks for sharing your process."

@strumelia • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"Nate:I often suspect that the masters of old might be a little surprised to know that we buy special drill bits and pencil sharpeners to make a nicer..."

@anne-bowman • 5 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Ditch's Running Full :

"Very pretty, Robin"

@robin-thompson • 5 days ago • comments: 6
Created a new Audio File:
Ditch's Running Full

@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"I often suspect that the masters of old might be a little surprised to know that we buy special drill bits and pencil sharpeners to make a nicer facsimile of..."

@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @robin-thompson: Drifting Off, a lullaby

@dusty • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "NGFDA's A Day with Dusty -- online May 2, 2026":

"Anne, the time zone is an issue for me as well, though not so seriously as it is for you. The NGFDA folks are 3 hours ahead of me, so I'll be doing the..."

@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on The Rosebud of Allenvale:

"Hi Dusty,that's interesting(6/8)...Having learned it by ear I assumed otherwise.I used to own some of the Scott Skinner books but I can't recall seeing it..."

@wally-venable • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Rocker":

"I measured the 3-fret distances on my old Folkcraft dulcimer and then made the triangular Fret Rocker shown from a piece of scrap aluminum I had on hand. I..."

@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

" I've been rehabbing and re homing instruments for years to kids and families...only in these last few years doing it as a way to lose money faster by..."

@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"My thought is that, it would be nice to save the original pegs in case they ever want to reinstall them in the future, but most people probably wouldn't have..."

@wally-venable • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"If you are selling them as musical instruments, the first concern should be how do they sound. If the sound isn't better than a cardboard one, they're not..."

@robin-thompson • 5 days ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Drifting Off, a lullaby

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 5 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @jacqueline-lawton:

"Hi Jacqueline, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @john-petry: Changing from pegs to machine tuners

@strumelia • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"Good cartoon, John. lololI certainly don't know your situation or how you get these dulcimers that you are trying to then sell in your 'booth', but in..."

@anne-bowman • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "NGFDA's A Day with Dusty -- online May 2, 2026":

"Thanks for the info. Dusty. I'll check it out. What generally interferes is Time Zone and US vs AUS dollar.. I still drag out stuff printed out from Aaron's..."

@dusty • 6 days ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on The Rosebud of Allenvale:

"Nice playing, Jamie. It's a cool tune that uses both the 6 and the 6+ fret. Skinner originally wrote it in 6/8 time, but it's commonly played in old timey..."

@john-petry • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":

"Better now I hope..."

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