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@davisjames • 2 hours ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Leaving Lismore:

"Beautiful.I so enjoy exploring the archives.Many genres, styles,approaches,sounds.A FOTMD Smithsonian of mountain dulcimer!... as a latecomer dulcimer player..."

@ken-longfield • 4 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":

"I haven't talked with Doug recently. I'll contact him and see how things are going. I have no idea what the budget is for this event. In the past the cost to..."

@greatlakes73 • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":

"Ken, is there a way we can contribute funding? Maybe a link can be set up?"

@ken-longfield • 19 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"On a positive note we had our children, their spouses, and our grandchildren here for the first three days of July. It was fun for all of us to be together...."

@homer-ross • 21 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"There is nothing better than fresh vegs right out of the field. Pick, cook (or eat raw), eat Hmmmm. Support your local farmers and farmer markets."

@dusty • 23 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"My grandfather used to say "about two in a hill," and it is indeed a farming reference. The hill referred to is not a real hill, but a tiny mound of soil in..."

@robin-thompson • 23 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"Lisa, "About two in a hill" is, perhaps, a very localized colloquialism. Though we haven't heard the phrase used in years, Mark and I heard it from older..."

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"Thanks Richard. I feel so badly for all farmers and ag workers lately. They face such terrible conditions- climate-wise, weather disasters, plus they are..."

@john-c-knopf • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"Wondeful news about your husband, Lisa! I had that surgery and it was ver helpful to me too. I'm thankful for all the reports from pleasantly-surprised..."

@richard-streib • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"What a wonderful thread, Strumelia. Thanks for starting this. What a blessing upon you and your husband with his successful eye surgery and improved vision...."

@davisjames • yesterday • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: 3x Gospel for DAD Dulcimer

@robin-thompson • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"We have high hopes for our potato crop this year. Last year's crop was poor-- way too wet a Spring here! It'll be nice when time comes to dig the potatoes..."

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":

"Tell us about something positive lately in your life that you have experienced or observed. As for me, there have been a few positive things lately. But..."

@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Red Rocking Chair.

@john-c-knopf • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "GALAX-STYLE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER BY DON NEUHAUSER":

"Very nice! Wormy chestnut is a beautiful wood full of character and nice tone."

@strumelia • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "GALAX-STYLE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER BY DON NEUHAUSER":

"Beautiful dulcimer. "

@strings-attached • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "GALAX-STYLE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER BY DON NEUHAUSER":

"Excellent condition. It's made of wormy chestnut with four equal distant strings - all tuned to dddd. Comes with a DN noter and a false back for volume and..."

@strumelia • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne

@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Red Rocking Chair.:

"Thanks all.It was a treat to get outdoors and play music with Neva.This song fulfills my expectations of a live recording:there should be something you've..."

@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"And just in case we are posting photos of Uncle Eddie, here are two. One is of Uncle Eddie before John clothed him in black paint. The other is of John..."

@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"I found the photo on Doug Berch's website and in a video of langeleik music played by Gunvor Hegge. She recorded that album in Paris in 1999. I might email..."

@john-c-knopf • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"Shopdad, the wood is 3/8" plywood on top, back and sides, and laminated poplar everywhere else."

@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"Shopdad, I think the instrument in your photo is a langeleik from Norway. Later today I'll research the source of the photo and give a better answer. I'm off..."

@shopdad • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"That's awesome. What kind of wood did you use? I posted a picture an original instrument which was later described as a Scheitholt. I thought it was about..."

@strumelia • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @richard-streib: Sources: strings in bulk

@john-c-knopf • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"Here's a better photo taken in Richmond, KY on my tour of the south."

@shopdad • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"LOL John. Almost as long as the car. AI brings a lot of smiles."

@mark-gilston • 5 days ago • comments: 0

Updated a YouTube Video:
Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne

@mark-gilston • 5 days ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne

@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"Thought I saw Uncle Eddie on the road....."

@john-c-knopf • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":

"Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote "America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." Seems to me that..."

@shopdad • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":

"Thankyou John, Hats off to your dad and I salute him for his courage. Yes, and I believe the best is yet to come"

@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":

"My father spent his teen years growing up in the Polish underground, fighting both Nazis and Communists... I think we could solve our energy & air..."

@shopdad • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":

"You guys are way ahead of me. John K. I was just kidding about the 6 ft. dulcimer. That picture of an 8ft. dulcimer made my day. Thanks for sharing."

@shopdad • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":

"Happy 4th to all FOTMD friends. I'm loving the comments. Let's keep them going. God Bless America and America the beautiful sound great on my Cedar Creek..."

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