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Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
"Supposedly, so the story goes, Richard Fariña had a luthier install a 6+ fret in a car on the way to a gig so that he could perform a song he had just..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 5
Liked a photos item created by @robmachin: img 4826 copy
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
"NateBuildsToys: are there any historical examples of dulcimers with partial/staple frets that also include a 6.5 or 1.5?   I doubt it. But that's a good..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
"Jerry, I don't think there is a specific time.  It was a slow evolution. According to dulcimer lore, sometime in the late 60s Howie Mitchell and Richard..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 4 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @dan: Wildwood Flower
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
"The direction of this discussion exemplifies why Nate's original question is so hard to answer: there are a lot of variables.  He started out asking if..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • one week ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Y Deryn Pur:
"Very pretty, Beth. I wish I had heard your version before attempting my own, which I paired with Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn and Cader Idris .  You have..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Pwt ar y Bys:
"Nice playing, Beth. I did indeed learn this tune as "Buttered Peas."  But I wouldn't be surprised if it was originally a Welsh tune that was just..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • one week ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Who Broke the Lock On the Henhouse Door :
"Must a been the rooster."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Wild Mountain Thyme sung by the McKinstry Clan:
"This is what family time is for!  Thanks for sharing this, John. "
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tab Nonesuch on dulcimer":
"Hey LP.  I know Stephen Seifert has tab for it in his Join the Jam book, and I think I've seen @Mark-Gilston share tab for the tune as well.  At the..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "WANTED Looking for DVD "Hearts of the Dulcimer" ":
"@John-Petry, the 2024 Hindman Homecoming livestream on YouTube is streaming Hearts of the Mountain Dulcimer during their lunch hour.  I didn't catch it..."
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