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Just As I Am - Ledford Dulcimer

I was trying out some different mic's for recording dulcimer tonight in my kitchen and I thought I may as well have a go at a new tunetoo. So I...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 52

Moldy Stuff.

I think I pictured my mold design before, but I just made the second set of sides, and they work great. So the mold has one base, that serves...
@Mark Runge started 11 years ago - replies: 18

Cypress

I will be heading to Tallahassee in a couple days. I want to get my hands on some sinker cypress. Does anyone know of a good source either in...
@Pete Staehling started 11 years ago - replies: 4

Meat Loaf's "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - electric dulcimer

As I write this, we're expecting 2 feet of snow here in the Northeast, so the line, "The snow is really piling up outside," really spoke to me....
@Sam Edelston started 11 years ago - replies: 2

One day I will walk by Bruce Cockburn

Don't you love it when you return to an album you've not played for ages and find that one of the tracks you used to skip over is really quite...
@Steve Battarbee started 11 years ago - replies: 8

Irish Washerwoman Tablature

I heard this song played on YouTube and really enjoyed the melody.Does anyone know of simple tablature for it played in the noter style?Thanks.
@Garland Coulson started 11 years ago - replies: 3

Festivals Near Pacific Northwest?

I am new to mountain dulcimers but really enjoying mine.My wife and I live on Vancouver Island up in Canada and there doesn't seem to be a lot of...
@Garland Coulson started 11 years ago - replies: 1

String size and keys

I have a Ron Ewing 3-string Dulcimette. It has a really sweet sound. I am just wondering how to determine the best size strings to use, and what...
@Cindy Stammich started 11 years ago - replies: 13

Newbie 6 string question

Ignorant question. How do most people play their 6 stringers? I have an old Hughes church dulcimer that I played with a noter when I was a kid. It...
@Colleen Hailey started 11 years ago - replies: 6

Davis of Gatlinburg - any information?

Tomorrow I am traveling to see a dulcimer that a dear lady bought "from a Mr. Davis of Gatlinberg about 50 years ago" -- She tells me that she...
@Ellen Rice started 11 years ago - replies: 7