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Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
08/03/09 12:12:41PM
1,485 posts

my Mize dulcimer


Instruments- discuss specific features, luthiers, instrument problems & questions

Here are a couple of close-up photos of the peghead and upper bout. Later, I'll give a go at getting a good shot of the whole dulcimer. (I'm having trouble figuring out iPhoto & my camera, so my apologies for not having better photos to show at the moment.)
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
08/03/09 11:07:18AM
1,485 posts

my Mize dulcimer


Instruments- discuss specific features, luthiers, instrument problems & questions

I love my Mize dulcimer. My hands-- got physical problems-- don't like the gorgeous wooden pegs it has. Do I sell it? Do I hang onto it because it's a Mize and the butternut top is so pretty? I don't want to hang it on a wall to look at-- a dulcimer, unless it's a Pritchard, Thomas, etc., is made for playing!I've got fiddle fine tuners on it just below the bridge and I don't like having them there for a few reasons-- I don't like the way they look, they score the wood some, they can only be used for sweetening the tuning on an almost in tune dulcimer. Although I've seen a photo where J Ritchie has got a fine tuner stuck on a dulcimer up near the peghead, I'm still not crazy about having them on my Mize. ;-)What would you do with the Mize?
updated by @robin-thompson: 06/08/16 09:24:05PM
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
08/05/09 11:55:01AM
1,485 posts

Thanks Strumelia


OFF TOPIC discussions

Dennis,I haven't recorded anything yet to post here at FOTMD; my plan is to make an audio recording. My computer's a Mac and I'm thinking I'll be transferring the recording using either iTunes or QuikTime-- whatever will work.Robin
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
08/01/09 11:25:00PM
1,485 posts

Thanks Strumelia


OFF TOPIC discussions

Yup, three cheers for Strumelia!One feature I hope lots of folks take advantage of is being able to post music. One thing I'm thinking about is, in future, posting a tune(s) to run it by y'all to get meaningful feedback. A different thing that might be fun to do sometime would be to call out a tune, so to speak, and anybody who wishes to do so could record and post their version of that tune.Robin
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
07/31/09 10:08:35PM
1,485 posts

Where's your favorite place to play?


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Most of the time, I play in an upstairs room sitting in my desk chair. The chair's got no arms and is okay height-wise so is great for mountain dulcimer strumming. I play here most because it's handy-- my dulcimers are all in this room.Although I don't do it much, I like to play either mountain or bowed dulcimer while sitting on the bench in our backyard. We get full sun there, though, and I don't like my dulcimers to get burnt! ;-)
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