Folks, I've recently learned that Randy Wilkinson is living in Arizona and will send a pdf of his books for a nominal fee. If anyone wants his email, please send me a personal message.
Dusty, that is AWESOME! Thank you for delving into this.
Folks, I've recently learned that Randy Wilkinson is living in Arizona and will send a pdf of his books for a nominal fee. If anyone wants his email, please send me a personal message.
Hello Everyone! I am new here and to the dulcimer. My husband and I have finally gotten new strings on my 'new to me dulcimer'--with out breaking them. We broke two of the earlier set. We also had to go ahead and purchase geared tuners, and put the friction pegs safely away until I get better. We have NOT altered the original peg holes in the peg head in any way. We refuse to damage or alter a vintage instrument in any way.
For those that don't know, my Christmas gift was a vintage 1975 Lucky Diamond Dulcimer with beautiful friction pegs. We tried, and tried, but Mr. Salt Spring's suggestions about peg dressing failed to help. So we decided to put the beautiful original pegs away until I learn more. Otherwise, I could not even begin. Now, I have mastered three or four of the first lessons and can even do scales. Now, I can practice, and do scales. With my piano background, I can experiment and try other things not in the book! Yea!!
Thank you everyone and have a very Happy New Year!!!
Welcome DivergentLuthier! I'm another one who would be very interested in a copy of Elizabethan music!
Divergent Luthier, don't let your first post be your last.. You are doing some interesting work making Randy Wilkinson's work available again. There are others on here who will appreciate your efforts.
Hello! I'm new here, this is my first post, as a matter of fact. I was looking for info on this book and came across this thread, so I joined up! I have been in contact with Randy a few months back. I had come across another of his books, Classical Guitar Music of Sor, Carcassi, and Carulli Adapted and Arranged for Mountain Dulcimer. A lady at our club had one and a number of us made copies. Like Dusty Turtle, I was a little uneasy about copying, so I searched for a copy of the book, to no avail. Then I began a search for Randy that lasted a month or more until I made a connection with him. I took the book and converted everything to digital format, duplicating the text and entering all the music into notation software. I made a copy of what I had done and sent it to him. He has given me permission to "publish" the book for minimal charge. I recently learned of the Elizabethan book and found someone who had a copy. I am hoping (over the winter months) to enter that music into the notation software and make that book available, as well. That will be a more formidable task, since the music is more complex and voluminous!
Well Lois, aren't you the sleuth! I can't believe you found that! The irony is that I was the one who posted that pdf file, but it was never intended to be public. I posted it on a hidden page of my website and with no identifying information.
As you can see from the first response to my thread, Maddie Myers in Australia very generously offered to send me her copy of the book. I am still grateful for that. Shortly afterwards, someone else I've known for a few years asked if there was anyway I could share it. So I scanned the book and posted it as a "secret" link on a semi-hidden page of my website. My plan was to share the document with a single person, not to make it available to the public at large.
Since the book is out-of-print, making copies is legal. But I am still uncomfortable with the ethics of posting a free copy online, so I've taken the link down. Apologies to those who were hoping to get a copy. If there is enough interest, perhaps we should contact Randy directly or Kicking Mule publications or whoever owns the copyright.
Hey everybody, especially @dusty-turtle who said he'd "been looking for this book for years", I thought I'd check to see if anybody was selling it, & found a pdf version online!!! https://www.rivercitydulcimers.com/Randy%20Wilkinson,%20Elizabethan%20Dulcimer.pdf.
See it pays to prowl old discussions.
Hi Strumelia,
I believe Cynthia Smith in Orange County area of Los Angeles may be a good contact source for Randy Wilkinson. His arrangements of Elizabethan tunes are still wonderful to play! And his playing was really exceptional. I caught some of his performances at the Summer Solstice Dulcimer Fest in LA in early to mid 1980's. Not aware of what he's now up to.
Best, Peter
Does anyone know if Randy W is still around? Even if his book is now out of print, perhaps if he knew folks were looking for them, he'd be willing to zerox a handful of copies for people, for a reasonable price of course.
Hey @Maddie-Myers ! , Like Dusty, I've been after that book for ages too!. I did Renaissance and Baroque dance for 20 years, and love Early Music. I've been trawling around searching for it..I wish I'd thought to ask here ..and there's been a copy here in Oz all the time
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Lucky you Dusty ...
Oh my! I could just kiss you, @Maddie-Myers! 
I've been looking for that book for years and I don't know why it never occurred to me to post a note here. I'll send you a personal message right away. You're the best!
Hi, Dusty - I just checked into the FOMD site for the first time in a long time and came across your request for the Randy Wilkinson Elizabethan Music for Dulcimer book. I have a book by Wilkinson entitled "Randy Wilkinson Elizabethan Dulcimer." published in 1982 by Kicking Mule. It says it goes with the album KM226. I would be happy to give it to you. However, I live in Australia and would have to post it from there, so I will need your postal address, and perhaps you real name, unless you regularly get mail addressed to Dusty Turtle and your mailman doesn't get hostile about it.
Cheers, Maddie Myers in Western Australia
For several years I've been searching for the book of dulcimer tablature that accompanies Randy Wilkinson's album on Kicking Mule records called Elizabethan Music for Dulcimer. The book came out in 1982, I believe.
Does anyone have a copy kicking around that they'd be willing to part with?
Muchas gracias!
