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granto

Classical Gas


Hello all! I recently made an arrangement of Classical Gas for mountain dulcimer. Of course, I am playing a four string chromatic dulcimer, so...
@granto started 5 years ago - replies: 4
ConnorC

Red Kite Dulcimer - Bird Rock Dulcimers - anyone play one?


I am all for supporting local businesses, but can’t find any video of someone playing a Red Kite dulcimer so I don’t know what they sound like....
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 7
Sam Edelston

Hey, hey, it's "I'm a Believer"


I was a Monkees fan growing up, yet it somehow never occurred to me to try this song until last weekend. I love how it fits on the instrument....
@Sam Edelston started 5 years ago - replies: 5
Aire

Tunings ....


Hi All. My first post here. I have just started to play mountain dulcimer - which I'm just loving - so there's plenty I'm still figuring out. One...
@Aire started 5 years ago - replies: 20
ConnorC

Expensive hobby in the UK. Looks like I'm buying a lathe :D


My wife needs custom noters, owing to us being old and arthritic. I made her a noter from a piece of dowel, but now it is time to experiment with...
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 12
tednms

High strings


Checked my strings tonight and found that at first fret i could get a dime under it but at seventh fret it took a quarter , a nickel and a dime ....
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 4
ConnorC

Kindle Dulcimer tab Books by Jeffrey Lambert


Just found these on Kindle. I needed new noter music, now that  my wife has mastered ‘Mary had a little lamb’. 😉 I was...
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 2
ConnorC

Looks like we’re joining the noter group.


Owing to arthritis, my wife needs a noter which means I am also learning to use Noter and Drone since I have the musical background and work...
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 11
ConnorC

Buying my wife a Dulcimer - string gauges question


My wife has watched me learn the mountain dulcimer for the last week and decided to try mine out. She has never played a stringed instrument but...
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 4
tednms

tru-oil


I finished sanding my dulcimer today and rubbed it down with a damp cloth of mineral sprits . I then thinned some tru-oil gun stock finish and put...
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 9
 
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