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Pete Staehling

Salvaged Timber


I think I may have started down one of those paths that are hard to get off of :)Step one was when I ran a chunk of rough beech that was given to...
@Pete Staehling started 12 years ago - replies: 21
Dusty Turtle

alternate endings in Tabledit


OK, Tabledit experts. I don't know the precise terms for what I want to ask here, but stick with me.I am tabbing a song in AABB form. The A part...
@Dusty Turtle started 12 years ago - replies: 8
Ed Gaunt

Guitar kits


Okay, okay... I know tis is a dulcimer building site. But I have this brother-in-law who is a guitar player and he says I need to make a "real"...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 6
Pete Staehling

Wood choices and new bandsaw


I just bought a new to me, 1993 14" Delta bandsaw. It has a bigger motor, cool block guides, an upgraded tension mechanism, and a 6" riser block....
@Pete Staehling started 12 years ago - replies: 9
Colleen Hailey

Tuning/Tuners


I've got an old (1970s) Hughes 6 string Church dulcimer made from a kit when I was a kid. It has sentimental value, as my dad made it for me. I...
@Colleen Hailey started 12 years ago - replies: 3
Caleb Dan Bennett

Finishing Mahogany


I was wondering what the easiest way to finish mahogony is. Use oil or apply laquer or similar finish?
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 12 years ago - replies: 16
Ken Hulme

Tribute Album Announcement


Got this from the Compass Records website. To be released in September: New Album Pays Tribute to Jean Ritchie, Mother of Folk July 24, 2014...
@Ken Hulme started 12 years ago - replies: 6
Steve Battarbee

REWIRING ; Man of Constant Sorrow


It was suggested to me recently that I tried in-strummingI admit that I had never given a lot of thought to strumming and think of myself as bit...
@Steve Battarbee started 12 years ago - replies: 3
Gary Major

Hello from Windsor Ontario


New here and love learning the Dulcimer. Feel free to contact me. Maybee we live close and can jam. :)Gary
@Gary Major started 12 years ago - replies: 3
Lois Sprengnether Keel

Isaac Woodbury & dulcimer 1850?


Tracing the dulcimer history is tricky, but Wikipedia says Isaac B. Woodbury in 1850 published The Dulcimer; or, The New York Collection of...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 12 years ago - replies: 5
 
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