John Stockard dulcimers
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I know of a fully chromatic dulcimer he built in 2007 that is number 217.
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I’ve just learned that Gary Gallier, John’s son-in-law has an early Stockard that has wooden pegs.
John Stockard dulcimers
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Does anyone know how many dulcimers John Stockard built? I picked this one up and it is super nice to play and sounds amazing.
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Looks like it could have been an early John Stockard?
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Looks like it could have been an early John Stockard?
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I lived there myself and have family there. There were more than a few dulcimers around there. I have one that is supposed to come my way, it was built in the 1940’s and is fully fretted. Chet lived outside of town, not sure exactly where. He said his first one wasn’t very good. Didn’t start building seriously until he moved to Dayton.
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Great find! I own two of Chet’s instruments. Yours was called his Masterpiece dulcimer. Ron Ewing apprenticed under Chet and can tell you more about him. There is a bio of Chet in Jean Ritchie’s book Dulcimer People. He built his first dulcimer in 1935 as a teenager in Chillicothe, Ohio.
What's your favorite mournful, spooky, or lonesome song to play?
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I think I find the song below mournful, because the words all sound beautiful, though the tune is very haunting, then at the end it says all this will be "When you lie still."
What's your favorite mournful, spooky, or lonesome song to play?
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The World Is Old Tonight, The Morning Dew
Traditional shepherd’s carol from the Ritchie Family, Traditional Irish Reel
The world is old tonight, the world is old
The stars around the fold do show their light Do show their light
And so they did and so, a thousand years ago And so we’ll do, my love, when we lie cold
The world is still tonight, the world is still The snow on vale and hill like wool lies white Like wool lies white
And so it did and so, a thousand years ago And so we’ll do, my love, when we lie still
Milford Blevins Bass dulcimer. How do I tune this thing
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I have a Blevins large bass or something kind of dulcimer. It has wooden tuning pegs. Pretty amazing instrument.