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Folkroots Travel Dulcimer with "Galax" back

Does anybody have any experience with the FolkRoots travel dulcimer with "Galax" back?...
@Peter W. started 12 years ago - replies: 3

Tallahassee Area Groups?

I expect to be relocating to Tallahassee in the not too distant future. Are there any dulcimer groups near there that would welcome a novice...
@Pete Staehling started 12 years ago - replies: 8

Chandelier (played by Sam Edelston)

Say what you want about a lot of popular music, but this was high on the pop charts over the summer, and the deeper you look, the more incredible...
@Sam Edelston started 12 years ago - replies: 5

Couldn't Hear Myself

OK, it was only a small, unpaid gig, but there were a fair number of people there. I was excited but also nervous.I was asked to play a short...
@Dusty Turtle started 12 years ago - replies: 15

Florida Bald Cypress

A continuation of an earlier discussion about effect of wood type on sound. I purchased some bald cypress lumber from G. S. Monroe (a member) and...
@J. Andy Crandall started 12 years ago - replies: 13

Strap Button Placement

I am working on an Oriole (my 21" VSL model with zither pins in the end block) and the customer (a fellow FOTMD member) wants strap buttons. She...
@Pete Staehling started 12 years ago - replies: 2

Long Black Veil - by request

Here's the old Lefty Frizzell classic butchered by me. I'm playing an old instrument signed with initials tuned DAA. I think It's spruce &...
@Rob N Lackey started 12 years ago - replies: 5

Killkelly Ireland

My cover of the well-known tune by Steven and Peter Jones. I've recorded several takes over the past few months, and finally have one that I can...
@Tom McDonald started 12 years ago - replies: 0

Nut or Zero Fret?

This has probably been discussed before, but I am too lazy to go back thru the archives. I've build dulcimers both ways; zero fret (my McSpadden...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 2

Dulcimer friendly shops in the metroplex

I have moved back to the metroplex for work and was curious if there where any good music shops that focused on more traditional folk instruments...
@Andrew O'Sullivan started 12 years ago - replies: 2