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@ondrej • 3 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:

"Strumelia: Very nice. I love traditional folk tunes. Thank you very much"

@strumelia • 4 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:

"Very nice. I love traditional folk tunes. "

@strumelia • 4 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"Happens to the best of us! (and to me as well, lol)"

@johnnyb • 4 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"I must admit that I was so overwhelmed looking at the tunings that I never even noticed that there were tunings listed at the beginning of each song. Thank..."

@ondrej • 9 hours ago • comments: 2

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer

@strumelia • 14 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"Great sleuthing and great logic, Dusty!"

@dusty • 14 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"@johnnyb, I am pretty sure that C5 is a typo. It is supposed to be D above middle C, not C above middle C. If you look at the arrangements for that tuning..."

@ondrej • yesterday • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Lippen schweigen from "Die lustige Witwe"

@ondrej • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:

"Strumelia: Very lovely tune... thank you! Thank you"

@ondrej • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:

"Robin Thompson: A lovely tune-- thank you for playing it and posting the video! Robin Thompson: A lovely tune-- thank you for playing it and posting the..."

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"johnpat27: The string calculator referenced suggested a string diameter of .005". Just because a string calculator suggests a thin or heavy string..."

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"Is that for the C5?"

@johnnyb • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"The string calculator referenced suggested a string diameter of .005"."

@johnnyb • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"27.5"

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"I have to admit that I was getting dizzy trying to make sense of all those tunings. I don't think we can fully answer your question without knowing the..."

@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @sam-searls: Bill Grogan's Goat

@johnnyb • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":

"I recently picked up a copy of Lorraine Lee Hammond's Barley Break: An Elizabethan Songbook with Arrangements for Appalachian Dulcimer. In this book (and The..."

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"Such an elegant instrument! "

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @marg: recognize the sound holes?

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"That fret wire does indeed look like what is referred to as "jumbo frets," an upgrade that usually costs more (probably $200-$300 these days). They are..."

@marg • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"Strumelia, It is a bit of a mystery. The case doesn't go with the dulcimer but will be used. Our group teaches dulcimer lessons at the community college to..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @jack-ferguson: Electric Standard/Bass Design2 Scheitholt

@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"No idea who made it, but they did a very skilled job in cutting those elegant soundholes. They are indeed F style holes (as one sees in a violin). However, I..."

@marg • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"Dusty, Yes, nothing. thanks"

@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "DPN Status":

"Yes, DPN is still alive and well. The latest issue came out last month. In fact, Fiona, the editor, is a member here at FOTMD ."

@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"That is an elegant looking dulcimer, Marg. I cannot identify the builder, but it appears to have an ebony overlay on the fretboard, which I would not expect..."

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":

"After looking at many soundholes, it looks like the classic "f" sound hole."

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on @deweylandrum:

"welcome, I had a Bob Lazenby dulcimer till recently - it was beautiful in tone & woods"

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Go Tell It On The Mountain - Mountain Dulcimer:

"nice, thank you"

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Electric Standard/Bass Design2 Scheitholt:

"What size strings do you have on the bass strings?"

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Electric Standard/Bass Scheitholt:

"I love the deep sound, very different. thank you"

@marg • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic " recognize the sound holes? ":

"Anyone recognize the sound holes? Is the dulcimer maybe a kit or a low end brand name? Flathead, teardrop, looks like a birch back. "

@noah-cline • 3 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer :

"Very nice, Ethan. Enjoyed reading the story behind your dad’s dulcimer. It sounds very good. "

@noah-cline • 3 days ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @ethan-chastain: Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer

@ethan-chastain • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @sam-searls: Bill Grogan's Goat

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