Group Discussions

Roasted Poplar?

Anyone ever play with roasted lumber? I ran across some "roasted poplar" recently. It is apparently kiln dried and then cooked until the moisture...
@Pete Staehling started 11 years ago - replies: 31

Workshop Fret Calculator

A couple of fret calculators, designed to produce customized fret lists for workshop use. This started life many moons ago as a guitar fret...
@john p started 11 years ago - replies: 8

Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt / Rolling Stones cover

Killing time in my hotel room on a rainy day, waiting to go to work tonight. I've liked this song since learning it at Northern Kentucky Unplugged...
@Tom McDonald started 11 years ago - replies: 1

first public performance this Sunday - ? what to expect?

Well, the group I have been jamming together with for a few months is playing at the church picnic this Sunday afternoon. This is our first public...
@Ruth Lawrence started 11 years ago - replies: 7

To Pick or Not to Pick

This question has probably been discussed on this site before I joined. I have been teaching myself to finger pick for the last year and a half and...
@Ginney Camden started 11 years ago - replies: 31

Call Me

It's a classic rock song! No, it's a jig! No, it's a dessert topping! Okay, its Blondie's hit, "Call Me," on electric dulcimer. Capo on 1,...
@Sam Edelston started 11 years ago - replies: 3

The dreaded dotted note - Ashogan Farewell

I am working on "Ashogan Farewell" and it sounds fine in my living room (slow, but nice). I am going to have a challenge when I go to play this...
@Ellen Rice started 11 years ago - replies: 10

Managing Demand

For those of you who sell your dulcimers as a business... Maybe you can provide some advice.My preference has been to have a short queue and be...
@Pete Staehling started 11 years ago - replies: 14

What are half frets and do I need any?

This is the third incarnation of this piece. The first part of what follows was initially posted as a response to a question on Everything...
@Dusty Turtle started 11 years ago - replies: 24

Making a Davis kit dulcimer playable

Well, it seems a lady nearby has a Davis dulcimer she built from a kit many years ago, and wanted me to help finish it up for her. I came over...
@John C. Knopf started 11 years ago - replies: 12