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how do you take apart a pallet without......

ruining the piece of wood you want ....we got a bunch of pallets with pretty patterns from russia ....crowbar ?
@RavenMadd Garcia started 14 years ago - replies: 4

Epinette des something something... and Questions

Hi all! I wasn't sure whether to post this here or over in the building forum, but here goes... With some of the left overs from my first...
@Anthony G. Spangler started 14 years ago - replies: 47

Box dulcimer finished,but sound not good

just finished my box dulcimer, but sound is tinny. Cant get it to sound right. It has a suspended sound board (copyed from a museum piece) I put a...
@chuck queisser started 14 years ago - replies: 16

linoleum mountain dulcimer?????

I don't want to offend anyone with this idea ...had a guitar called a danelectro its body was made of this ...also old Sear's Silvertones ...is it...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 14 years ago - replies: 3

Dulcimer case made of pallet scraps?

as anyone attempted this?......I was just wondering ....see all this videos on guitar case making and the one here on dulcimers.....sad that in a...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 14 years ago - replies: 2

McSpaddin Kit Dulcimers

I've always wanted to try and make a dulcimer, I started a cigar box one a long time ago but never finished it.So the other day I was on Ebay and...
@Dana R. McCall started 14 years ago - replies: 13

What's up with the 3.5 fret?!

So....I'm getting a new-to-me dulcimer and it has a 3.5 fret. I'm not sure exactly what I'm to use it for...which tunings, how to put it into...
@Jan Potts started 14 years ago - replies: 0

Someday Soon - Judy Collins, and others

by Ian Tyson, have always loved thissong and wanted to work it out on dulcimer (at least the general flavor of the song). My version is a muddy...
@Janene Millen started 14 years ago - replies: 16

I'll Fly Away and other copyrighted hymns....

We can discuss particulars about copyrighted hymns and church songs here.
@Strumelia started 14 years ago - replies: 2

In Praise of the 'Ginger' and G,D,g Tuning

Now I don't play chord/melody style that often but over the last week on a camping trip to St David's, Wales I rediscovered the delights of...
@Robin Clark started 14 years ago - replies: 12