Mystery dulcimer, perhaps from the 70's
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That is really nice looking, good find!
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My latest and greatest mountain dulcimer!
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ocean-daughter:
That's a beautiful dulcimer, and sounds lovely!
ocean-daughter:
Thank you! I am really enjoying it, so is my neighbor when I play outside😀
That's a beautiful dulcimer, and sounds lovely!
Warren May Hourdrop Question
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Wow! That is a beautiful instrument! I think it should give you a lot of pleasure to play - congratulations!
My latest and greatest mountain dulcimer!
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Charlie in Ky:
Congratulations to you as well! I am really happy with the sound of the cherry - sweet and mellow, just what I was hoping for.
Congrats ! I just bought my first one today. It's cherry as well.
Yours looks very nice ! Enjoy !
My latest and greatest mountain dulcimer!
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Thanks everyone! So far I am really thrilled with the new instrument, such clear, beautiful sounds. I am going to enjoy getting to know it better😀
My latest and greatest mountain dulcimer!
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Too funny, last week I didn't own a dulcimer and now I have two!
Last week I built a Hughes dulcimer kit, I posted about that on the Makers group.
Today a Ron Gibson cherry hourglass dulcimer came to live with me and it is just gorgeous. I actually did an unboxing, or more like an uncasing video on You-Tube. Here is the link:
Check out this beauty! I have been practicing right and left hand scales as in Mike Casey's "Hands-On Dulcimers" which came today as well. I also found the tabs online for Ode to Joy , which I really like playing on my ukulele so was glad to track that down. It's gonna be a fun, musical summer in my home!
How Many Dulcimers Do You Own?
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Noah Cline:
Oh you are a radical! LOL. That is a lovely instrument.
Probably a bit of a shocker for some, but at the moment, I only own...one! A walnut teardrop and the second dulcimer I’ve built (same one in my profile pic).
How Many Dulcimers Do You Own?
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As of right now, I do not have any mountain dulcimers but I have one on order and one kit that needs to be built.
Ron Gibson cherry - on order
Hughes walnut kit - to be built
I do have other stringed instruments:
3 concert ukulele
1 tenor ukulele
a Seagull Merlin stick dulcimer
a McNally strum stick
and for fun, a couple of kazoo's
I do not want to even try to count how many weaving looms I have, so I understand acquisition diseases quite well. At first I was surprised when all of the sudden I had 4 ukulele, but I should have known it would happen🤣
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Traditional Music Festival
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Ken Hulme:
Thanks for the link, it is a wonderful booklet with such great information.
Ron makes some very nice, sweet sounding dulcimers, and I'm sure you'll be pleased with your purchase. I've not been to Gebhard Woods, but the Festival has a long history and you should be very welcomed. My advice is to take whatever classes appeal to you, regardless of the so called "skill level" listed. Take the beginner classes, of course, but don't feel that you should only take those. One day, down the road, something will happen and you'll go "THAT's what that teacher at Gebhart meant!
A number of years ago I wrote a booklet called I Just Got A Dulcimer, Now What? . It's an illustrated glossary of dulcimr terms (so we all speak the same jargon), plus answers to many beginner questions about the tuning, playing, care and feeding of your new 'friend'. Here's a link to the booklet to download or read on line:
Ken Hulme's "I Just Got A Dulcimer, Now What?" Article - Strumelia | fotmd.com
Anytime you have a question, feel free to ask them here, There are no dumb questions, just ones that you haven't gotten answered yet.
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Traditional Music Festival
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Ken Hulme:
Thanks for posting Theresa. If a Festival organizer doesn't approach FOTMD and ask to post a Festival announcement in Events, it doesn't get posted. Too much work for Lisa or the other Admins to keep track of all the Festivals out there.
Thanks Ken, as I am new to the board and to dulcimers, I was not sure how all that worked.
So, June 11 & 12 in Morris, IL there is a music festival and I for one, can't wait! I had originally planned to try out mountain dulcimers there, but I was too impatient for that, so I ordered one from Ron Gibson. Hopefully it will be here in time and I can take it with me.
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Traditional Music Festival
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I did not see any mention of this festival in Illinois. I am not a member of the sponsoring group, just that it is close enough to me that I am going to go. It will be my first dulcimer festival and I am hoping that I have my instrument by then. Is anyone here going? It looks like there is a nice list of workshops and other happenings.
http://www.gebharddulcimer.org
updated by @theresasc: 05/29/22 04:12:22PM