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Does anyone recognize this wood?

I recovered this wood from a pallet. Am using it to make two student "pineapple" guitars for our school auction. Someone is sure to ask what kind...
@Matt Berg started 12 years ago - replies: 13

Senior Moment

I am seriously preparing to start building again.I have restocked on fretwire and machine tuners and checked on my wood storeI even changed my...
@Dave Ismay started 12 years ago - replies: 5

In the making

Showing the grain in the back (poplar). Top is sitka spruce from Stew-Mac. Very disappointed in the spruce this time. It's VERY soft with very...
@Sam started 12 years ago - replies: 12

Strums and also practicing without a dulcimer

This may be two separate topics. I've seen Strumelia's Bump Ditty video and the recent John Keane video with the drum sticks. Mentally I...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 12 years ago - replies: 15

Copywright Question

I am writing My first tab book and I didn't know if I needed to worrie about copyright or not. so I thought I would reach out to myFOMD friends for...
@Joseph Buchanan started 12 years ago - replies: 3

(Belated) Happy New Year!

With all the talk about New Years resolutions involving losing weight, I got thinking about how much my dulcimers weigh. I currently own 18.4 lbs...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 3

Printing documents from a tablet computer

I have an Acer Iconia A500 tablet and would like to print documents from it. Can anybody tell me what "app" to use for this? i have a WiFi Epson...
@Joseph Besse started 12 years ago - replies: 4

Starting the New Year Right

I'd put this on "My Page", but don't see how to start something there. This is both a personal announcement and a bit of announcement/temptation...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 13 years ago - replies: 6

humidifier? really?

OK, so it's been stated pretty uncontroversially both here and at Everything Dulcimer, that a wood instrument is susceptible to excessive dryness...
@Dusty Turtle started 13 years ago - replies: 15

A question about strings and placement

I am fairly new to the building process of dulcimers. I have built 6 stick dulcimers and I am gearing up for a mountain dulcimer in a couple of...
@Bradford Jennings started 13 years ago - replies: 5