Forum Activity for @barbara-berg

Hard-sided case for a McSpadden Ginger?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Thanks for the tips, Dusty, and for the picture of your viola case adapted for a dulcimer.  It looks like neither bout of the Ginger would be wider than the widest part of the Ewing baritone.  The measurements of my instrument are length= 29 5/8 inches + 3/8 inch for the strap button, 5 3/8 " for the upper bout and 7 1/8" for the lower bout.  The only music store here in Juneau is definitely a guitar and ukulele shop, mostly staffed by wannabe rock musicians; however we do have a symphony orchestra and a junior symphony.  I will call the arts council on Monday and see if I can hook up with a viola player through them.  If that doesn't work, I will see how I can do with the measurements and visuals and order something through Amazon. I hope to get a case ready before heading the the Menucah festival in Oregon in April.   Thank you for the helpful advice.  

Barbara Berg
Juneau, Alaska

"Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering." --Haruki Murakami

 

Hard-sided case for a McSpadden Ginger?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I have been playing a McSpadden Ginger for five years, and I love it. It fits my small hands perfectly and has a wonderful sound. When I need to fly with it, a necessity when I go to a festival or event in the "Lower 48,"(I live in Alaska) I am very nervous about guarding it in the overhead bins. I would really like to find a rigid case for it.  I called McSpadden hoping that they would know of a hard-sided case that would fit, but they did not.  I would prefer finding a case that was obviously for a musical instrument in order to avoid endless explanations with the airlines and TSA.  I am also not eager to use a homemade wooden case that would be unwieldy to carry through airports. Somewhere I read that a standard viola case would fit a short-scale mountain dulcimer if the padding inside were modified to a dulcimer shape.  Has anyone else tried this?

Looking for TAB for "To Drive the Cold Winter Away"

Dulcimer Resources:TABS/Books/websites/DVDs

Thanks so much for sending this so quickly, Rob. I heard it played on a CD I just bought from Gourd Music--"Colonial Christmas"-- and I knew it would sound great on dulcimer. Barbara

Rob N Lackey said:

"Drive the Cold Winter Away," in the music I found for it, is in D minor. It works out really well in DAc tuning. In fact, I have it tabbed out now.

Send a friend request if you'd like a copy.

Rob

Looking for TAB for "To Drive the Cold Winter Away"

Dulcimer Resources:TABS/Books/websites/DVDs

I would like to find TAB for "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" from Playford. I would be nice to have it in DAD or DGD tuning. I found it in 1-3-5 tuning, which I guess would beD F# A, but I would rather work in a more familiar tuning. Thanks for any suggestions.
updated by @barbara-berg: 06/16/15 05:43:46PM