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N9LO

Removing fret curve


The frets I buy have a curve for the curved fret board of a guitar.  Does anybody know a good trick for making them flat for out flat fret boards?...
@N9LO started 8 years ago - replies: 7
N9LO

My Fret Saw Jig


I have put dulcimer kits together but the came with slots for the frets already cut.  I am now going to try cutting my own.  I saw that great DIY...
@N9LO started 8 years ago - replies: 1
Bob

June Dulcimer


I have started June's Dulcimer- African Mahogany and Sitka Spruce.  I just love working with Mahogany.
@Bob started 8 years ago - replies: 14
mbethical

Strolling dulcimer for learning?


Hi.  This might be a controversial question - I'm not sure.  I have been wanting to learn dulcimer for years and, finding myself suddenly...
@mbethical started 8 years ago - replies: 19
Sean Ruprecht-Belt

Where you playing next?


So, folks on the FOTMD, where you playin' at next?   I'll be kicking it up with my band, The Mound City Slickers on the porch of the Peers...
@Sean Ruprecht-Belt started 8 years ago - replies: 46
Dan

John Scales Jr.


Any one have a straight on image of his piece? Thank you in advance,   DAN www.dulcimore.com
@Dan started 8 years ago - replies: 0
Dusty Turtle

MFA Boston exhibit on zithers


The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has a collection of musical instruments, including a section on "zithers, psalteries, and dulcimers."  Some of...
@Dusty Turtle started 8 years ago - replies: 3
Bob

Feet


Looking for dulcimer makers thoughts here- Do you put "feet" on the bottom of your dulcimers? Why or why not?
@Bob started 8 years ago - replies: 4
Banjimer

Frank Proffitt at Pinewoods Music Camp in 1961


Here is a link to a 1985 article in the Country Dance and Song magazine regarding Frank Proffitt's experience at Pinewoods Music Camp in 1961....
@Banjimer started 8 years ago - replies: 2
David Bennett

What If Exercise: The Un-festival


 Here’s a “brain storming” or “what if” exercise.   I've never run a dulcimer festival, nor do I want to.  I know a LOT of hard work goes in to...
@David Bennett started 8 years ago - replies: 18
 
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