Group Discussions
Curly Maple Suppliers?
I am looking for a supplier of Curly Maple (and Birdseye if possible), milled to 1/8" thick for Mountain Dulcimers. There was one supplier I saw...
@Bob started 7 years ago - replies: 10
Courting Dulcimer pick-up placement
I'm about to embark on building my second Tennessee Music Box mountain dulcimer. This one will be a courting dulcimer. Because it has two fret...
@GaryFSmith started 7 years ago - replies: 15
Advise on making plectrum/strummer from a piece of hickory
I bought two thin sheets of hickory advertised as "book marks". They are suppose to be 1/16th or thinner. My thoughts when I bought them was to...
@David Bennett started 7 years ago - replies: 5
Special Tabs for Noter-Drone Tunes?
Seems like most tabs today show chords. Noter-drone only uses the melody string. Are there tabs, or some other form of notation, that just shows...
@GaryFSmith started 7 years ago - replies: 6
Exotic Chords
Hello all. So I was looking at my dulcimer chord book, on the pages for four-equidistant strings, and noticed that there weren't many exotic...
@Rachael started 7 years ago - replies: 5
Does Anyone Have A Good Source For Mountain Dulcimer VSL?
I am getting ready to install frets, and I need to know where to mark the frets for my 28" VSL. I was hoping that someone knows a user-friendly...
@Jimmy Lamar started 7 years ago - replies: 6
Dulcimaster Number 5 Is Here
Here is my fifth (and last?) Dulcimaster electric dulcimer, which will be sent to England soon. It has just 3 strings and a narrower fretboard...
@John C. Knopf started 7 years ago - replies: 11
Virginia Beach 2019 Festival?
I just saw this posted online as coming to my area, Virginia Beach. I don't know if any of my newbie friends would be interested, but it might be...
@Msmouce started 7 years ago - replies: 0
CGC tuning on a baritone?
Hello all! So, I've gotten myself into a slightly complicated predicament, but basically, I would need to re-tune my baritone to CGC to play one...
@Rachael started 7 years ago - replies: 1
modal tuning for John Jacob Niles ballad
I finally found a tuning that works for Lass From The Low Countree, which is Aeolian in the key of C (CGBb). Just curious--does anyone else...
@Ballad Gal started 7 years ago - replies: 1