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Sinker Cypress

I just finished the first instrument where I have used sinker cypress as tone wood. I am very pleased with the finished product. The instrument...
@Pete Staehling started 11 years ago - replies: 4

First Australian Song - Streets of Forbes

It's been a couple of days and no one has posted a song yet so I'll be game and go first ! To the left is a photo of the bushranger Ben Hall...
@Mark Brothers started 11 years ago - replies: 6

Other Than Equal Temperament

Robin Clark has posted a thread about mean temperament and just temperament. The ideas and work they are doing there are excellent and I commend...
@Randy Adams started 11 years ago - replies: 14

Wood Sources near Big Bend area of Florida

I settle on a house in Tallahassee at the end of March and am wondering what wood shopping will be like there. I am used to having a pretty good...
@Pete Staehling started 11 years ago - replies: 0

Miss McLeod's Reel by Fiddle Whamdiddle (Vi Wickam and Steve Eulberg)

Here is a video of our performance of this Scottish-American tune with fiddle and Galax mountain dulcimer with noter and turkey quill at the...
@Steve Eulberg started 11 years ago - replies: 11

Fret Calculations for Just Intonation and its Effect on Modes

As we all know, traditionally the dulcimer was a drone instrument where a fretted melody string was played against drones. And traditionally the...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 101

Can a dulcimer change? Sustain is. . .loud

Hi All,I really love my instrument -- I play at least a little while almost every day. Recently it seems like the sustain (vibrato) is louder and...
@Ellen Rice started 11 years ago - replies: 17

What is a good timeframe for a lesson?

Hello All,I am a new student of the dulcimer within the past month. I was wondering how long an individual lesson should be? I just had a lesson of...
@Neil W. Millard started 11 years ago - replies: 14

Seek Ye First

I want to learn the hymn Seek Ye First in noter drone style.The hymnal I have tells me it is in the Key of Eb in 2/2 time.Which tuning would I use...
@Richard Streib started 11 years ago - replies: 17

Fisher's Hornpipe - Clifford Glen Dulcimer

Hosted by Kiwi6 file hosting . Download mp3 - Free Music Hosting . I'm staying in a little cottage on the Glentruim...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 9