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(another) Berea Traditional Gathering Video - 2019
In addition to our time in Berea, this video includes the side trip my friend & I took to the dulcimer museum in Hindman, KY, some other...
@Ballad Gal started 7 years ago - replies: 15
First build completed
Just finished my first dulcimer. Many thanks to Ken H for his tutelage. Walnut body with maple fretboard and scroll.
@Tanstaafl started 7 years ago - replies: 7
Pick Thickness
Hi All! I have been playing for almost a year now, not as frequently as I like, and every time I see the subject of pick thickness come up in...
@tallytune started 7 years ago - replies: 12
Dulcimer makers with longer VSLs
Hi, All, Out of curiosity, what makers still produce dulcimers with VSLs of 27" and up? I know of Bear Meadow, Ron Ewing, and McSpadden....
@Garret started 7 years ago - replies: 13
How many frets are really useful?
I have twenty frets on my old McSpadden, and so many in the upper scale are never used. Is it really necessary to place that many frets on a...
@Bill S started 7 years ago - replies: 19
Melodies while strumming
Hello all. Anyone have some tips for how to play melodies while strumming? (It's for an instrumental break to a strummed song...)
@Rachael started 7 years ago - replies: 9
Luthier's Handbook--tap tuning for dulcimers?
Hi all, I "built" a cardboard dulcimer late last year from a kit, then was so smitten with it, I built a solid walnut kit earlier this year....
@LisavB started 7 years ago - replies: 10
Palette wood
Regarding palette wood, I know pine when I see it but am not sure what the hard woods are on palettes. Does anyone know what they normally are?...
@Bill S started 7 years ago - replies: 7
You are My Sunshine
Hi everyone, I can’t figure out if “You are My Sunshine” is public domain. My mom and I had a very dear friend that would have turned 92 this...
@Cindy Stammich started 7 years ago - replies: 3