Forum Activity for @robin-thompson

In some skills, I'm rank beginner.  In others, I'm intermediate or above.  Two things I'm always learning:  the instrument, what it allows and its limitations and my ear.  If I were to attend a workshop, I'd try to place myself in a workshop which would expand my knowledge of the mountain dulcimer itself and how I hear it. 

Although noter/drone is the only style in which I play, exploring its limits is really fascinating to me.  :) 

I slept on it-- it's Shady Grove.  

Golly, I gotta sleep on this one!  :)

What fun, @hobbyhorse ! 

Gary Sager is a friend of mine!  He and his wife, Toni, own and operate Prussia Valley Dulcimers and are fine folks!  Gary builds a nice instrument-- I own two of his Prussia Valley mountain dulcimers, the box was a custom build and my teardrop I came by used.  You're fortunate to have one of Gary's instruments-- enjoy! 

@lois-sprengnether-keel  Was your baritone built by Gary Sager?  

Tigger is photogenic!  

How cute, folkfan!  Is Tigger getting up in years?  

Richard, if your stacked bamboo noter works, I'd just stick with it.  

Sandi, I don't know how to jump ahead to the part of the service where you're playing-- I think my internet is too slow to allow me to do that.  If anybody got a clip of it, please post? 

Sandi <3

Strumelia, you got that right!  ;)

We're all a lot of work until we get potty trained!  haha 

Lucas sure is cute, Patty!  

I appreciate the time and effort Ron & Ken put into ED and am also glad the fellows are members here!  

Strumelia,

Here's a new video.  If the percussive sound doesn't come through enough, feel free to let me know.  :)

Strumelia, I did have a video yet must've taken it off the internet awhile ago.  Maybe I can do another demo sometime.  

Like Robert, I make my picks from various plastic lids and containers.  (I cut them into a big kidney bean shape.) They are big enough I have lots of points of contact so can have a very loose hand to hold one.  Unless I'm strumming the daylights out of something and I hold tighter.  :)

Good golly, is Sally (Anne) sweet or what!  <3 And I love the tune of the same name-- one of my favorites. 

Nice work, jp. 

Maybe it's just me yet I would not try to take a .014 string up to D from an A. 

jp, if you are able to post photos, it may help folks offer the most helpful advice.  

Before Heidi & Bob moved west, I was fortunate to get to hear them in Lancaster OH!  

Thanks a million, Greg!  I've traveled through Logan hundreds of times and  Hide-A-Way Hills is in the Hocking Hills region, a rural area.  I hope I'll be able to find time to do some investigation into Amburgeys in the area! 

Wow, in the Logan Daily?  Was there a connection between the Amburgeys and Logan OH?  

I think chorded zither (autoharp) makers will use an old piano to get wood for the pin block.  

Sam, if the old piano has real ebony keys, those are of value. 

I look forward to hearing you make it sing, Stewart! 

Nicely done, John! 

Volha, you have been given excellent advice!  

I have a cherry dulcimer made by Rodney Hensley that looks just like yours and it, too, sounds wonderful. 

I hear you, Strumelia!  :)

Strumelia, go for the erhu!  :) 

I have one of their cd's and want to get the other one.  The music is captivating. 

Dusty, I, too, like Jeff's percussive sounds. 

Rob, I wish I could've gone to Jerry's fest in '16 and heard 2/3 of the group.  

I listened to Appalasia's music on my car's cd player this evening.  Listening reminded me how much I like their unique blend of instruments and evocative compositions.

Hey, I'd love to get to meet you and play some tunes someday, Stewart!  I'm a full-time caregiver for my folks but am, I hope, in the waning months of this.  (Make no mistake-- I love my parents.  But my life has revolved around theirs for some years. . . ) When you have an OH trip planned sometime, drop me a PM! 

Wow, Stewart, my home is in WayneNF-- in the southern Perry County section!  And my husband taught in Morgan County, right next door to Washington County.  Small world.  

Stewart, I was just in Marietta yesterday, taking my folks on a day trip.  About 1.5 hour drive from their house.  (My home is closer to Marietta than is theirs.) 

You boys can rest easy tonight.  

Clemson's done for. 

Stewart, I think you can send him a private message regardless of "Following" status. 

Sure, you need it for noter play!  ;) 

PS- Randy Adams is the dulcimer player I listen to most!  I've got a playlist.  :)

Hey, I like it, Stewart!  Have fun working on it! 

I can offer no information, William, but the dulcimer is a treasure!