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Caleb Dan Bennett

My latest dulcimer


My newest dulcimer just finished today.  Mahagony back and sides, poplar top, maple headblock and peghead, poplar and mahagony frettboard.  VSL is...
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 9 years ago - replies: 2
Robin Clark

McSpadden 6 string Baritone


I've just received today a 6 string baritone from Jim Woods at McSpadden that a customer of mine has ordered.  I've not played one of these...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 10
Sam Edelston

Desperado on a Dulcimer


I suspect there are a lot of Eagles fans here. The untimely passing of Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey inspired me to do a video of Desperado -- a...
@Sam Edelston started 9 years ago - replies: 5
Sam Edelston

Good Girls Don't. (But I do. On a dulcimer.)


This song popped into my head a couple of weeks ago, and it seemed like something that might work on dulcimer. Sure enough ... The Knack's classic...
@Sam Edelston started 9 years ago - replies: 0
Dan

Aha!


The subdominant is the same distance below the tonic as the dominant is above the tonic! That is why diatonic reversed tuning works. (An aha!...
@Dan started 9 years ago - replies: 2
Carla Maxwell

Dulcimers in Tasmania?


I'm wondering if there are any dulcimer players in Tasmania. I'll have a couple of dulcimers and be playing there next week with my husband.
@Carla Maxwell started 9 years ago - replies: 3
Peggy M

Traveling with a dulcimer


Has anyone taken their dulcimer with them when they go visit family, ie via airlines?  If so, how do you do it?  It is kind of long to be hand...
@Peggy M started 9 years ago - replies: 9
James Phillips

February 2016 Call the Tune challenge, Ode to Joy


For the month of February, starting Sunday the 7th of February, I have chosen a favorite of mine to play, Ode to Joy, which is also the tune for...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 4
Rob N Lackey

Patty Looman Birthday Jam


Mark your calendars on Feb 6, for the Patty Looman Birthday Jam at Central United Methodist Church here in Fairmont, WV.  It starts at 10 a.m. and...
@Rob N Lackey started 9 years ago - replies: 0
Bill S

Eastern cedar for a top


I'm about to build a dulcimer and I have some Eastern cedar (not aromatic) that I'd like to use for the top.  Has anyone done this or do you think...
@Bill S started 9 years ago - replies: 6
 
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