Group Discussions

Age, does it make a difference?

I stumbled onto Lisa's blog this evening and read from the following post: http://dulcimer-noter-drone.blogspot.com/2009/09/am-i-too-old.html It...
@TERI WEST started 17 years ago - replies: 19

Jethro Amburgey

In the spring of 1963 I was working on weekends in Mayfield, Ky., and going back to school in Nashville every Monday morning. I happened to see...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 11

Better image for Kentucky dulcimer players

A very long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Banjimer (Greg Gunner) said in reference to Mary Wheeler, Kentucky Mountain Folk-Songs (Boston,...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 20

Bibliography of "mountain" dulcimer history

This has crossed my mind a few times, but if we've kicked it around (more likely on ED than here, since I've had time to forget more from ED) the...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 9

Do you have a favorite?

I'm curious to know if some people here have a particular dulcimer ancestor personal 'favorite'- and why they might like them more than the other...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 14

Am I too old to learn to play dulcimer?

I thought this would be an interesting discussion in the beginners' group.I just wrote a blog post about this question, and here are my thoughts on...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 32

Fans of bagpipe tuning?

Any other fans of bagpipe tuning out there? On my dulcimers that have a 6.5 fret, it is an especially versatile tuning. (How nice it is to play in...
@Robin Thompson started 17 years ago - replies: 17

My New Noters

This last weekend thanks to Harpmaker (Dave) I now have a few custom noters to play with... the bottom ones is Walnutthe next up is Cherryand the...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 6

New (well to me) Dulcimer

Ok here are a couple pictures I found on line, from when it was made.... It is a Prussia Valley Extended Range made by Gary Sager... it has 5...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 6

1764 Moravian Zitters or Not?

For those of you that may not be following the history discussions on ED, Razyn and I have been discussing some newly published research by Lanie...
@Banjimer started 17 years ago - replies: 16