Forum Activity for @sheryl-st-clare

Groundhog Sir Walter Wally is making his call tomorrow in Raleigh, NC. I think he's going to see his shadow again this year!

I didn't think of this. I'm going to try it. I usually use Ken H's method, blue tape.

Hi Lisa, I'm up the road from you in Cary. We have a lot of dulcimer groups, workshops, and jams in NC. Welcome to the club. IMHO, a good cleaning and conditioning, and some new tuners and strings, and it looks to me like you got lucky at the thrift store!

And here it is! I love it. I don't wear t-shirts with designs on the front so it was wonderful that you made this into a poster. I haven't hung it yet. Looking for a special place.

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Just received my poster from Dulcimuse. I can't wait to frame it! So much more vibrant than I expected. Thank you! 

Really nice find Richard. 

Early Saturday morning, just caught up with all the weeks new discussions. Off to the Raleigh, NC flea market to look for treasures, then to the local lumber store for some basswood and western red cedar. Good weekend fun.

Shipwrecked and for all eternity are two separate things. If I have to pick one song for all eternity, I'll assume I traveled down and not up.  

Bob, Have fun in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Hope you sell some dulcimers.

Larry Conger's arrangement of Leaving On a Jet Plane by John Denver. I love Larry's arrangements. 

Adrian, What a lovely sounding instrument, and how cool of you to experiment like that with a Martin guitar. It makes me wonder how many instruments and their variations have started out this way. Thanks for sharing. 

Interesting... soundtrack?

Sir Walter Wally made the call here in North Carolina. We're due for an early spring. 

Ken, ditto here, hurricane Mathew. We mostly ate what we could, and brought the rest around to neighbors. 

While at Ken Bloom's Bowed Dulcimer workshop in Pilot Mt. NC a couple of years ago, a talented young lady played a Carbony flute in the key of D. It was lovely. If I can ever scrape up a few hundred dollars I don't want to spend on dulcimers, or tools to work on dulcimers, I'll buy one!

Gail, I'm sorry for loss. I'm glad you have your music as some comfort. 

Gosh Richard, I could have done this for you, and I am just up the road. Come on up to Chapel Hill tomorrow night, meet me, and if noter is your style, Ted will be there. He leads a local group. PM me for details, and hop on I40 and join the fun.

 Gershwin's Summertime arranged by Larry Conger. Nice and slow, sweet tea with free refills. Bluesy like.

Way to go Gail! Congrats 

You nailed it Strumelia. 

Rob, 4 strings with 6 notches makes a lot of sense to me. 

Good to know. Thanks Ken 

Ken H, I'm about to buy bulk strings from JustStrings, and found you answered my question 2 yr's ago! I wasn't sure which instrument string length would be a crossover for the dulcimer, but Banjo it is. 

 Larry Conger's  Tune of the Month lessons are really good too. 

Also, does it look like walnut wood? Thanks

I'm practicing songs my hometown group and I play annually in April at the Cary, NC downtown farmers market. This year we have added something for when the little ones come around, Lavender's Blue from Frozen.

So I'm guessing this is a one-off? It's kind of sweet; I think I am going to put UKE tuners on it, given the space available. Clean it up, and sell it. I need to clean up the mess at the end-pins, any advice? I just didn't want to mess with it before checking on historical value. 

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Looks to be all walnut construction. It has a 21" VSL, and a floating bridge. If you have any information about who might have made it, please chime in. There is no signature anywhere on or in the body. 

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I added a 1+ to my dulcimer last weekend, for two reasons. I really wanted to play Larry Conger's  Summertime tab, but more importantly, it's trending in the three area groups I jam with. I'm getting used to it. If you go with muscle memory, you fingers know how to find the 2 fret without looking. 

Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree!

Jan, Have you ever trued making a pick out of an unplayable vinyl record with your pick punch? 

 I bet she has long telomeres! 

If you don't understand my comment, read  The Telomere Effect by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn. In it she writes how uni-tasking helps us to live disease free in our senior years. Playing an instrument is uni-tasking, at least it is to me. 

Ha! My typo. Thanks Jan

 Helen, Larry is one state to the left of me, in Paris KY. I've had several classes with him at workshops here in NC. He's is a kind and gentle soul, and a wonderful dulcimer player and teacher. His tune of the month club is great; it's like a private lesson, for a very good price. I guess that makes you and I classmates. 

Val, I thought it sounded like an Irish tune on the video... Very cool.

There is a link within Strumelia's original post link:  Mummers Song by Simini - Newfoundland Original Uncut Version  in case you missed it. Looks like so much fun. Makes me wish I was a Newfy. 

Sng4prt, The tall leg is 29" long.