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Tuning with new strings

Hi.  I finally decided to replace my strings (a bit nervous about it) and am now having a problem tuning the middle string. I get a loud popping...
@Kathreen Miller started 2 years ago - replies: 5

6 1/2 fret a hindrance?

When playing noter drone style in Daa or Ddd, do you find a 6 1/2 fret a bit annoying?   Both my Mcspaddens have one....(I used to be a hard-core...
@tonyg started 2 years ago - replies: 11

from Susie Glaze on Jean's "Now is the Cool of the Day"

https://folkworks.org/blog/the-cool-of-the-day/
@Robin Thompson started 2 years ago - replies: 0

Question about original EverythingDulcimer.com

If I remember correctly when the originial EverythingDulcimer.com went offline someone was able to capture all that data and make it available on...
@David Bennett started 2 years ago - replies: 2

Tuning Question

I've read through the "I just got a dulcimer' document, and it was very helpful.  My question may seem redundant, but I want to make certain...my...
@Whereupon started 2 years ago - replies: 2

Thoughts on need for a compensated bridge

I have two ginger dulcimers.  One has a compensated bridge, and one doesn’t.  They sound different, in comparison to each other, but I’m not sure...
@Mary_Adelee started 2 years ago - replies: 8

my latest tech

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a link - but her is my latest pedal-board tech https://www.english-dulcimer.com/effects-amplification/ 
@Dan Evans started 2 years ago - replies: 0

Spanish Is a Loving Tongue

Hi everyone, I would like to do a video recording for FOTMD of the song: "Spanish is a Loving Tongue".  The lyrics are by Badger Clark, about 1915....
@John W. McKinstry started 2 years ago - replies: 1

Another Tabledit question

Yesterday I updated my Tabledit for Mac to version 3.03 a4a. I can no longer add frets above number 9. Is anyone else experiencing this problem in...
@Ken Longfield started 2 years ago - replies: 10

Free Wood

Builders within driving distance of Fort Myers, FL -- We're having a large mature Mahogany tree and a Hong Kong Orchid tree cut down today and the...
@Ken Hulme started 2 years ago - replies: 0