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@john-petry
• 7 hours 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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
• 3 weeks 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
• 4 weeks 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..."
@john-petry
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier just passed away.":
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier just passed away.":
"Thank you Dana...Very sweet...A nice soul stirring tribute, we're all in line, and the line keeps moving...."
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 27
Posted a new Comment on How to lower the action on a mountain dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on How to lower the action on a mountain dulcimer:
"A little "dust" from a pencil lead can lubricate quite nicely too...{graphite}"
@john-petry
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":
Posted a response to "Changing from pegs to machine tuners":
" I've been rehabbing and re homing instruments for years to kids and families...only in these last few years doing it as a way to lose money faster by..."

