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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
magictime

Which Ralph Lee Smith book?


Can anybody who's got/read both please give me an idea of the differences between Ralph Lee Smith's books Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions, and The...
@magictime started 5 years ago - replies: 5
jimws

Program to catalog and display song tabs


Good morning all.  A simple question I'm sure.  I now have a 10" android tablet & I'd like to have the ability to alphabetize song titles &...
@jimws started 5 years ago - replies: 2
tednms

hollow fret board


Hollow fret board verses solid . Is it worth the trouble ?  
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 17
ConnorC

Do I need that fourth string?


Jessica Comeau says in her Dulcimer Lesson 1 to take it off, so I did. Then I watch Stephen Seifert demonstrating his Dulcimer School stuff and he...
@ConnorC started 5 years ago - replies: 32
 
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