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peg placement on head

This is a question concerning the dulcimer I am building with my Dad. Does the placement of the pegs on the peg head have to be specific?
@Noah Aikens started 12 years ago - replies: 14

Rock On (David Essex cover) - Sam Edelston

It's special effects day with the electric dulcimer, on a song known for using special effects: David Essex's 1973 hit, "Rock On." For you...
@Sam Edelston started 12 years ago - replies: 0

Redwood Dulcimer

My son brought me a piece of redwood plank from an old out building that he tore down back in the summer. Here is the end result of the project....
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 14

#1 is Done

My dad and I have started to make a teardrop dulcimer out of mostly wood pallets that he had gotten off a construction site in Nashville. We have...
@Noah Aikens started 12 years ago - replies: 17

2nd Dulcimer

Although I'm still very new playing(2 mo), I'm wondering if Dulcimers should have wood frets? My student one has metal and I get buzzing. And I am...
@David Pedersen started 12 years ago - replies: 13

Christmas in the Trenches

This is the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914. I recorded this instrumental version of John McCutcheon's song back in 2008. If you...
@Tom McDonald started 12 years ago - replies: 0

WARREN MAY DULCIMER

Is anyone familiar with Warren May dulcimers? This is about 20 yrs old or so, wooden peg tuners and no 6 1/2 fret. after measuring to the 7th fret...
@Bill Robison started 12 years ago - replies: 5

Sound sample of restored John D, Tignor.

Here is a sound sample on the John D.Tignor I just finished restoring. Played noter drone, tuned CGG or there abouts. The tune is Little Rosewood...
@Kevin Messenger started 12 years ago - replies: 9

Start it All Over Again

Link to YouTube: Start it All Over Again You may not have heard of it but it's a very pretty song by Sally Dworsky and I was influenced by...
@Janene Millen started 12 years ago - replies: 4

My New Oriole

I've been a member of this group for a while, and I now am the proud possessor of my own little dulcimer. The Oriole, made by Pete Staehling,...
@Colleen Hailey started 12 years ago - replies: 5