Maniacal ! You do pay a nice compliment Cynthia, lol

John

Now that woke me up JC. And what a joy to see your maniacal dulcimer love radiating out. I don't think this has ever been done with more zest, just love it, plus Lexie needed to hear you do this one.

A belated Merry Christmas to you Cheryl, and thank you for the comment. Showed it to your family.......... good job it was of short duration !

best wishes for the New Year

John

Merry Christmas JH! Lovely rendition of this tune. I played it for my family...they also loved it!

Cheryl

Thank you Nila, it is such an easy tune to mess with, I know that I am not alone in using it as a 'datum' when I effect string changes ect

Have a good holiday

John

Hello Rick ! We aim to please !!! Wish you were here to share in that 'holiday cheer', maybe one day?

Have a great Christmas

John

Hello Steph, no big deal, just so long as you enjoyed what you heard !!! I'm glad that the 'bow' is working out for you, do we get to hear that particular combo?

Happy Holiday

John

JH, I would like to have a chat anytime you want. I will look forward to it.

Thank you kindly BrianG, I truely appreciate you listening, and Randy, great that you took the trouble to check out 'the other one' ! Dave, I have never cared much for 'audio' cards of any description, but will take the remark as a compliment ! (never did say how much I liked that shot of you band, its great !) Kevin, you have no idea how much I wished I lived nearer to all you players and makers over there, so much to learn !!! Would like to chat to you about a shared interest sometime soon, if that is OK with you?

here's hoping that you all enjoy Christmas in the manner in which you would choose !!!

John

Oh yeh, I forgot to mention, that teardrop is one beautiful piece of workmanship. And the quality of the sound is wonderful. I wish it was not such a long swim acrossed to there, would be nice to share awork bench for a while. Kevin..

JH. You allways play beautifully, Thanks for this great Christmas favorite. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Kevin.

You got flourish John Henry!...w/both hands....& yet make it all seem so understated & integral to the whole.

That dulcimer is capable of singing sweetly and punching the rhythm....like both ways you play the tune.

Hi John Henry! What a great take on a favorite X-mas tune. And of course, you dulcimer sounds great (as they always do). Thanks for sharing this, and Happy Holidays to you. :)

Hi there little Steph, message received and understood ! Hard luck, I am reasonably sure that he will accept it, and you must have Marion's note about potential postage cost's ? Incidentally, that dulcimer is not mean tone, I only do'em for me, as there are folks who like to get a bit pendantic about the merits of this or that fretting pattern, and while I am big enough to fight my own corner, others may not want the hassle ?

thanks for being around earlier this year

John

Sam, comment very welcome, as I know that you you are a 'wood' man like myself,I am glad that you get something from what I post

all the best

John

Goschi ! Thank you, I just wish the presentation was somewhere near the stuff you post, some excellent images recently !

thank you for the comment

John

Gayle, I appreciare your listening and making comment, thank you

John

Excellent JH. Sure didn't sound like that when I tried it Love the sound of your cherry dulcimer. DAc is a favorite tuning too. Thank you for the information on tuning, wood and strings. It helps me learn as I still consider myself pretty new at learning about the lap dulcimer.

Sam

Merry christmas to you as well - I like that tune and the way you play it on the dulcimer!