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Mountain Dulcimer Strings

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Ken, thank you for reminding me of that site - I had ordered from them years ago and found them fast and reliable.

Ken Hulme said:

A good online source for strings, individually or in sets, brand name or inexpensive generic is www.juststrings.com . There is little or no difference between a brand name string and a generic, as the same handful of wire-drawing companies make all of them as spools of wire which are cut, ended and packaged by a lot of companies.

Mountain Dulcimer Strings

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

As well, they can pop the ball out of the guitar strings as well. I don't know about your local music shop, but I know CV Lloydd does that for free, at least for me.

Are There More Than Ever?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

My only thing is that I hope people do not abandon writing tab. I can do some by ear if I've been playing a song for a long time, but I can not just hear a song, and be able to play it. Everyone has there own method of learning and mine is to learn by tab. If I can commit the song to memory, great, but sometimes that's easier said then done. For whatever it's worth...

Are There More Than Ever?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I respect whatever is being taught, but maybe the reason for not a lot of variety in the way of the workshops is maybe there isn't enough demand for it to justify it. Lisa, I understand where you are coming from, but if that's what the people want, give it to them, or maybe the festival and workshop organizers need to hear from people to get some demand for other then DAd workshops. The only way for any kind of change, of any sort, is to say something. You don't accomplish anything without speaking up to the right people. Just my two cents worth for whatever it is worth.

Breanna, I would highly recommend the student dulcimer that Sweet Woods has. I have several dulcimers, and this one, though it has a birch body, has a mighty great sound to it, and is easy to play. And if your 8 year old sticks to it, Dave Lynch does have a trade-in policy with the student model, but not a lot of people have traded them in as they love them a lot.

For now, mine are in there cases standing up. However, I am going to get a big enough table this summer to set them on. The guitars and autoharp will still be on the floor standing up.