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Location: Oregon
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I like playing pretty music and I like making my own stuff whenever I can, so I love the mountain dulcimer! As a hobby I make my own dulcimers using very modest techniques, tools, and materials. I've made some that turned out very unique. I'm a big fan of DIY, recycling materials, and 'redneck ingenuity.'

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@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "3-String Teardrop Sunhearth Dulcimer - 1974":

"This is all fascinating! The fact that it's number 99, when he started recording them at 100 is such a neat coincidence. And also the fact that it's..."

@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @steve-cobb: Judge Arthur Dixon Dulcimer Needs A Good Home!

@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "What's your current fave GO-TO instrument these days?":

"Sadly, I've been spreading myself too thin lately and I haven't been getting as much practice as I like to on a few different instruments. I have a Magnus..."

@nate • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "violin uke":

"Sounds interesting id love to see a photo"

@nate • one week ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Suggestions please for buying a first dulcimer:

"Wally Venable: I'm all in favor of making your own instrument, but most of the first-time buyers who I have encountered are mature women who leave making..."

@nate • one week ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Suggestions please for buying a first dulcimer:

"Since all of the valid and useful advice has been given, I will interject with my contrary opinion. I have not bought a dulcimer yet, instead I build them,..."

@nate • one week ago • comments: 10
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Suggestions please for buying a first dulcimer

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2

Posted a new YouTube video:
Wild Mountain Thyme 3 cans and a Walnut 1x2 (reupload)

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0

Updated a YouTube Video:
Frying Pan Dulcimer (old video)

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0

Posted a new YouTube video:
Frying Pan Dulcimer (old video)

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Groundhog:

"Dusty Turtle: Nice job, John. I remember hearing this song as a kid. I could never get over the image of Sally with "groundhog gravy [or grease] all..."

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: Groundhog

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on The Indian's Lament.:

"Really enjoyed this a lot Jamie, thanks for sharing this very well played ballad. The melody and rhythm on dulcimer reminds me of Eastern Canadian music a la..."

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: The Indian's Lament.

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @razyn: Hanging some dulcimers as a wall display

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hanging some dulcimers as a wall display":

"Very interested to hear what others with actual knowledge do for this. Personally, I have mounted dulcimers on the wall by securing them with picture frame..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Mutual acknowledgement":

"The dulcimer community has been the most positive, helpful and encouraging out of any instrument I've played, by a lot."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Travel Dulcimer string angle issues":

"It looks to me like the spacer is not only meant to keep the strings at their correct distance, but also is meant to pull them down over the zero fret. That..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Travel Dulcimer string angle issues":

"My mistake I thought the nails were screws. Are the nails loose? It visually looks like the spacer is meant to be flush with the edge of the fingerboard, but..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Travel Dulcimer string angle issues":

"if you were to tighten those screws, would the nut be upright and flush with the end of the fingerboard? It seems to be leaning pretty dramatically toward..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @john-c-knopf: Cherry Jethro Amburgey-style dulcimore

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Travel Dulcimer string angle issues":

"Is that "nut" screwed into the fretboard?? Thats a.....creative.....solution..... I think it would be simpler to replace the string spacer bar than to..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Easiest or Best way to play in Key of C:

"Hypothetically you can tune to any key, as long as your strings can handle the tension, and the patterns will be the same. You could tune the instrument to..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Easiest or Best way to play in Key of C:

"Dusty Turtle: That is correct, @Nate. A full G7 chord would include four notes: G B D & F. However, on a three-stringed instrument we always have to..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Easiest or Best way to play in Key of C:

"I believe a G7 chord on three strings would be G B and F which would correspond to 324 or 423 but i might be wrong about that. Hopefully someone else can..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Easiest or Best way to play in Key of C:

"C chords 000 002 032 232 234 450 057 457 D chords 111 141 545 56+8 86+8 F chords 013 333 335 060 065 565 567 067 767 G chords 101 104 124 424 444 446+ 6+08..."

@nate • 4 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a photos item created by @dan: 01crop

@nate • 4 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "John (Jolm?) Dubroff dulcimer":

"That's really cool. That would be a really useful thing for me to do on dulcimers I make with eye bolts for tuners, since theyre super finicky to fine tune"