Forum Activity for @robin-thompson

@dulcinina & @marg Your time making music with friends sounds wonderful! 

@dedicated-dad I knew what you meant and second @Dusty-Turtle on joining the 4 Equidistant Strings group.  We're happy to have you here at FOTMD!  

It seemed to me the OP was referring to the strings closest to the body as "upper strings" of the equidistant strings because he clearly asked whether they were played together as if they were close together (as some melody strings are doubled).

@gulfcoastgal What a pretty cat!  She got the size Small genes.  :)

@dulcinina Dusty sure is cute and is lucky to have her new family!  

Hey, @lisavb & @ken-hulme So good y'all were able to be out to celebrate the music holiday!  :)

@hugssandi I was unable to play the video here yet I saw it from fb-- yay, girls!  The photos and vids from your day were a delight to see.  

Thanks, @Strumelia!  My highest aspiration as a player is to be a good porch player.  

I've enjoyed all the postings of PMOTPD!  

Great hearing from Butch by way of your interview!  It's been too long since I've seen him 'live'.  

@hugssandi What a happy late-August Christmas!  I loved seeing the photos and reading your summary of the day, a time to cherish, I imagine.  <3

That matching possum board looks so good-- nicely done, John!  The new owner is, indeed, fortunate.  

David, I enjoyed your video!  How cool your neighbor came to get in on the fun, too.  

Nice picture, Ken L!  

Kevin & Steven-- I like insect accompaniment!  :)

Oh, cool, @dedicated-dad!  The mahogany looked lovely in the photo.  Enjoy! 

@ballad-gal I learned of it in 2016 on Facebook.  it's a great holiday!

Have a great PMOTPD, friends! 

Yay, @dedicated-dad!  Good sleuthing.  Chet Hines was an Ohio maker.  :)

What a cool instrument!  I'm throwing out a guess-- Bill Davis?

Thanks, @redmando!  I'm enjoying your interviews.  

@jill-geary Yes, noter on the patio-- perfect! 

I love seeing y'all's responses! 

Me & my band (Mark) are taking over our deck Saturday morning.  haha

@marg Whiskey Before Breakfast has been a good go-to jam tune for me over the years. :) @robert-shuler listed some good ones, too.  

Redmando, I greatly enjoyed your "chinwag" with Doug Berch!  I'm a fan of Doug's music and am happy to be able to call him a friend.  

I'm not sure whether these fall into the category of interest, Dusty?

https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu

https://libraryguides.berea.edu/bsaresearchguides/researchguides

Though my knowledge is very limited, I'm thinking you do not have a wolf tone; at least, on a cello, a wolf tone presents every place that note is found on the fingerboard.  As you note, you are getting a sympathetic vibration.  Please let us know how all goes?  And good luck! 

@spineloccio Any change in the unwanted tones your wife's McSpadden was giving?  

Hi, @silverstrings!  Maybe this site is what you're looking for: 

https://blackmtninstruments.com/about/

Lois, there is an element or two of this instrument which I've seen before-- the swan head being the more notable element.  I can't recall, though, when I saw some similar photos.  I'm hoping somebody knows who the maker was! 

Wow, @tautwire, you have a cute little adventuous one there!  

Steve, no worries about the accidental delete!  I also look forward to your further conversations.  Though I'm far away from the UK, I follow Nonsuch's happenings a bit and enjoy doing so. 

@dulcimerbill & @salt-springs-- wonderful!  Gonna be lots of music played around the front porch of the world on 31 August. 

:) Strumelia 

Three weeks away, friends-- always the last Saturday in August! 

@Susie Too bad her birthday wasn't 7 April!  :)

@Susie You just needed an older sister!  haha

Yay, y'all!  The prizes are cool.

@Strumelia We wouldn't be here if not for you-- yay, FOTMD & Strumelia!  

Boon sure is a cute pup! 

@don-grundy Here's a photo of just the pick-- it is kind of heart-shaped after all.  :)

@don-grundy It's more L-shaped with the L being fat.  Each person could adapt the basic shape for the size of their own hand.  I wanted to show the hold on the pick in the photo.  The shape is easy to keep a good yet very light hold, thereby keeping the shoulder & arm relaxed.  

I cut many of my picks from plastic lids/containers.  This shape offers a very comfortable loose hold and works nicely on even a fast tune. 

Sally Ann plays scheitholt!  :)

Huzzah!  Huzzah!  

Mark & I do Down the Road together and once in a great while I'll play mountain dulcimer on part of it/take breaks on it.  (It is so hard for me to sing and play at the same time!)

In the song "my old hat's got a hole in the top" and "rocks in the road as big as a churn".  We sing choruses and if I'm on MD there are breaks.