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Northern WV Dulcimer Doings

For those of near or who can travel to north central WV, here is the current list of dulcimer events. If you want more information on any of...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 19

Year of Jubilo / Kingdom Coming

What a good new group. We were needing something new to talk about. Here is a tune most people have heard, written in 1862 by Henry Clay Work,...
@Randy Adams started 13 years ago - replies: 5

O, I'm A Good Old Rebel

...well, not me personally, although I do live in The South. This tune was sung to the tune Joe Bowers, a favorite of the '49ers. Edward VII, then...
@Ken Hulme started 13 years ago - replies: 11

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 years ago - replies: 4