Really nice Jim. Dulcimer sounds great too!

Thank you for sharing that information Jim! I may have seen that somewhere, but sure didn't even think about it now. Funny how many things I don't know - but I am learning!

It was made for the noter drone style of playing, Cindy. It has staples for frets that only the melody string touches.

I like this song a lot! Your dulcimer has a wonderful sound! The noter-drone style certainly does it justice!

Thanks Fred... bagpipes, huh? Never would have thought of it that way. But that's a good thing. I like bag pipes.

Hey thanks, John. Understand you being kinda busy...hope everything is going well with you and your family.

Thanks for pointing this out to me Jim, I was kinda busy when you first posted !!! I can only agree with all the previous comments. Looking and sounding good (and that applies to the dulcimer as well )

John

Jim plays this dulcimer well, These guys make my work sound good. Thanks Wayne, I really liked making this one.

Thanks to you both. Wayne, love the sound of the Mawhee and agree that Kevin does a fine job. Andrea, so do I.

Thanks for the nice comment, James. That Mawhee do have a big voice...

I can get you the tab, no problem.

Sweet sounding and sweet looking instrument. I may need to try to find a tab for this song and give it a shot and use your video as my guide, if you don't mind.

hey thanks Willie, glad ya like it.

Thanks Wendy......."Chim"....... I like it.

Nice full sound, great playin Chim! That's south central PA Amish for Jim!

Robin, I had a feeling that the MawHee design could be reproduced in a larger instrument, and was pleased to find that it could. The Walnut and Spruceadded a warmer tone that the smaller instrument didn't have ,but, still produced a marked improvement in volume over a standard build. I think I will incorperate this design into many of my future builds.

Thanks a lot for the kind words, Dusty.

Jim, that's a great sounding instrument, and your playing is excellent. The dulcimer really has a bright tone, like church bells on Sunday morn. Nice job.

Yes it is longer version of his first Mawhee. I think the first one has a 25" VSL, where this one he made bigger for me has a 27" VSL. He's certainly has the gift of making things work out the way they should, and as a craftsman.

Thanks Jim,

I have to say that many modern builders try out all sorts of designs and formulas to try and make a dulcimer louder but the results often don't sound like dulcimers anymore -however it sounds like John Mawhee got it perfect in the late 1800s - a big voice that most certainly sounds like a dulcimer should Is that Kevin's slightly longer version for D,A,A tuning? All credit to him for spotting the potential of the original design and adjusting it.

Robin, it does indeed have a big voice to it, just used my digital camera to record it.

Kevin put in I think 7 sound posts. Three down each side at the three, seven, and ten frets and one in the center of it... pretty sure that's where he placed them.

Oh, and thanks for the comment.