crosby dulcimer from wisconsin?
Instruments- discuss specific features, luthiers, instrument problems & questions
update, I cleaned it up a little bit and got new strings and it sounds pretty good. intonation was way off with the old strings but spot on with the new. funny how that happens-- my uke was like that too.
I have a question though about the nut/bridge-- do people use bone in dulcimers or is plastic the norm? this one appears to have that old dark brown pre-plastic material they called bakelite-- was that used in the 70s? or is this stuff just weird plastic or even wood or something?
I also need to lower the action quite a bit-- the strings are a good 4-5mm from the frets. the new strings cut into my fingers last night. lol. any preferences for nut files or do people just use guitar files?
