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Cherry and Curly Maple Galax

Thought you folks would like to see the Galax dulcimer I just finished for Ed St. Jean. I made one a few years ago from walnut and Sitka spruce,...
@John C. Knopf started 13 years ago - replies: 11

Cedar Creek Kit

This weekend I ordered a Dulcimer Kit for the "Red Meadow" model from Cedar Creek. I am not very experienced with building instruments, but I...
@Peter W. started 13 years ago - replies: 57

1/2" Walnut Dowel Rod

Does anyone have or can get 1/2" diameter walnut dowel rod? I can't find it here in the UK and I need about 6" of it for a project. I need to...
@Robin Clark started 13 years ago - replies: 8

Shove the Pig's Foot - Galax dulcimer and Fiddle

We had a few friends over for dinner tonight and after a good few bottles of wine were consumedthe instruments came out I've done a lot of...
@Robin Clark started 13 years ago - replies: 14

playing left-handed

Hi all -I'm afraid that this is not the right place to ask this question, but I'm not sure where to ask it.I have a left handed friend who wants to...
@Kay Bolin started 13 years ago - replies: 9

My First Dulcimer

Hello everyone, Ive built many acoustic instruments in the past but am just about to attempt my first dulcimer. So far Im having great difficulty...
@Iain James Craig started 13 years ago - replies: 21

a mic, a pickup, and a di box -- questions from an electro-phobe

When I was sixteen I played "Honkey Tonk Woman" on an electric guitar to impress a girl. It didn't work. She liked the bass player. That was the...
@Dusty Turtle started 13 years ago - replies: 9

Inis Oírr (Inisheer)

Hi all! In researching the lyrics to this tune, I have come to discover that it is not an ancient Irish air at all. It was composed by an...
@Guy Babusek started 13 years ago - replies: 8

How to make curly maple "pop"

I read a trick a while back about how to make the pattern in curly (and birdseye) maple really pop when you are finishing it. Something about...
@Ed Gaunt started 13 years ago - replies: 9

Help... When the bass string doesn't sound right!

I'm tring so hard to wrap my old brain around the different modes. Somedays I have that AH HA moment and the next day I seem to be confused all...
@Sharon Hall started 13 years ago - replies: 10