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Commissioned piece going to Virginia. Walnut sides and bottom with curly maple top. Maple fretboard with African Blackwood overlay. This is...
@Kusani started 8 years ago - replies: 4
Rebuilds
One thing I have wondered about is refurbishing old dulcimers, or especially rebuilding/upgrading student model dulcimers. I know guitarists do it...
@YeahSureOK started 8 years ago - replies: 8
Anyone else tune GDg?
I have two backpacker dulcimers with 22.5 VSL. Both are tuned GDG and GDDD. Does anyone else play short VSL that use this tuning?
@Don Grundy started 8 years ago - replies: 8
Cedar dulcimer
Has anyone ever built a dulcimer from cedar (the kind of cedar you can get from Home Depot and Lowe's)? I've been thinking about trying that....
@Bert Bennett started 8 years ago - replies: 6
Ban-jammer build questions
I am currently in the process of constructing a ban-jammer in the pattern of the Clemmer model. I was just wondering if anyone that had experience...
@Collier Frederick started 8 years ago - replies: 7
Dulcimer vs Dulcimore
Today I ran across a letter to the editor written in 1973 regarding Dulcimer vs Dulcimore. Hopefully the screen capture I made will come out OK....
@David Bennett started 8 years ago - replies: 7
New Body
Here's a new body I made for a student's cardboard dulcimer. Butternut top & back and maple sides. Materials cost about $15, not counting...
@Ken Hulme started 8 years ago - replies: 7
TMB Builders List - 2018
I'm looking for TMB builders, both full-time and part-time), especially those in Tennessee where I live. Thanks!
@GaryFSmith started 8 years ago - replies: 3
1930s Kentucky Dulcimer Recordings Free Online
The Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress has made available a large number of recordings collected by Alan Lomax and his wife...
@Banjimer started 8 years ago - replies: 2
The Ugly Dulcimer - A Story
Somewhere and at sometime someone decided to build a mountain dulcimer kit. I imagine that the kit was ordered with the expectation of building a...
@Ken Longfield started 8 years ago - replies: 8