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Tiny Dulcimer

I built a little Gdg dulcimer that is only 17" long and has a VSL of 16". I screwed it up in a number of ways and almost pitched it in the trash a...
@Pete Staehling started 10 years ago - replies: 13

Who made it & when?

We bought a little Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer last night. It was advertised as an "antique instrument" and was being sold as part of the...
@Monterey started 10 years ago - replies: 13

String Breakage on Octave Dulcimer

I just wanted to share my adventures with this problem...I had a lot of trouble getting my 20" vsl melody string tuned to d (the d an octave above...
@Pete Staehling started 10 years ago - replies: 0

Help on choosing.

I have visited all the "little dulcimer" links provided here. I am looking for a smaller dulcimer with easier (closer) fingering. A full size...
@Dave shattuck started 11 years ago - replies: 13

How far can you go? A super short dulcimer

After I have built two "pocket scheitholts" last week, I was curious: is it possible to have an even shorter scale - and still get a playable...
@Peter W. started 11 years ago - replies: 5

My newest "baby"

Finished my latest "baby" It's a shorty: 20.25 VSL. Bocote sides and bottom, curly maple top, cherry fingerboard, ebony nut and bridge. 24/18/14...
@Ed Gaunt started 11 years ago - replies: 2

Howard Rugg shortscale dulcimer

Howard Rugg, who made Folkroots and CapriTaurus dulcimers from the late 1960's to 1989, is making dulcimers again! The dulcimer on the right is a...
@Wayne Jiang started 12 years ago - replies: 10

Definition of little dulcimer or dulcette...

Hi. Just joined Little Dulcimers. I also belong to Dulcimar Making, and Scrap/Recycled wood Dulcimer Challenge, because they are both appropriate,...
@Monterey started 12 years ago - replies: 4