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@john-petry
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Thought I saw Uncle Eddie on the road....."
@john-petry
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
"My father spent his teen years growing up in the Polish underground, fighting both Nazis and Communists... I think we could solve our energy & air..."
@john-petry
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"I was able to make a string set for a "mizrabli tambur' , a very long Turkish instrument. String lengths over 65 inches. And don't get me started on the..."
@john-petry
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Having done hundreds of refresh, rehab, and restorations... it only made sense to make my own. Buying in bulk spools, and hand twisting loops. Nice company..."
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Luthiers, Builder question on finishes":
Posted a response to "Luthiers, Builder question on finishes":
"For instruments that I build from scratch, shellac/oil/alcohol mix til it seems "right". Varies with wood.
MOST of the older restoration work seems to be..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
"To bring this thread full circle....Tony Strad had the right Idea calling his instrument the "Violin" the word flows off the tongue with the feeling of an..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FREE to good home...with a catch":
Posted a response to "FREE to good home...with a catch":
"LAST CHANCE....For a FREE Hammered Dulcimer ! Must be picked up before end of day Friday! Or it's off to the burn pile...
No charge to anyone who would like..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
"You will have to let us know
how you are going to convince
her to move into the addition, so you
have more dulcimer space.....
I think I just realized why..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
""My only dulcimer, SO FAR....."
Therein lies the first symptom of the affliction..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "FREE to good home...with a catch":
Created a new forum topic "FREE to good home...with a catch":
"Long story short...ish.
I purchased this hammered dulcimer
off of the Good Will auction site.
Intending for a friend in Ohio to
pick it up for me....Alas,..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
"The handful or so of the violins Tony built, have been so far removed acoustically from the original build that we may never know what they sounded like as..."
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dulcimer instruction in North Central Ohio? Clubs?":
Posted a response to "Dulcimer instruction in North Central Ohio? Clubs?":
"Here is a link to the Mountain Dulcimer Society group in Cleveland....It's a private facebook group, so you have to join it....hope it helps in your..."