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@ken-hulme
• 20 hours ago
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Posted a response to "Something to watch":
Posted a response to "Something to watch":
"The Ritchie video called Mountain Born is different from the one on the series Ramblin'"
@ken-hulme
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
"I have a friend who built a fretboard so that the Nut was 4 notes below the normal Open notes of DAA. "
@ken-hulme
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Something to watch":
Posted a response to "Something to watch":
"If you have PBS Passport, the entire Ramblin series is available there. Jean's episode is Season 1 episode 104. I'll be watching it later tonight...."
@ken-hulme
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
Posted a response to "Question about the 6 1/2 fret":
"Not sure about staple 6+ and 1+ frets but there certainly were some unusual fret patterns used by some builders, certainly! For example fret patterns to..."
@ken-hulme
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Introduce Yourself!":
Posted a response to "Introduce Yourself!":
"G -- GDG Good on a short VSL dulcimer"
@ken-hulme
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
"That slot at the tail end of the fretboard was, IIRC, a Howie Mitchell "thing". Not sure it ever worked as advertised. "
@ken-hulme
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
"I think if you had half of the string tension pulling up and half the string tension pushing down, the result is not increased tension but rather a..."
@ken-hulme
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Introduce Yourself!":
Posted a response to "Introduce Yourself!":
"Hi Beth! Where are you in Yorks? I have e-friends in Hawes and that part of the Dales as well as elsewhere in the UK. My partner is from Brighton..."
@ken-hulme
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
Posted a response to "Does soundbox tension affect volume and tone":
"Matt/Nate -- that 15 degree break angle is very close to the commonly-used-in-dulcimer-builds 12 degree break angle of strings from the nut to the tuners,..."
@ken-hulme
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Geoffrey R. Johnson Dulcimer? ":
Posted a response to "Geoffrey R. Johnson Dulcimer? ":
"John's given you a good start. You can also plug the VSL into the Strothers String Gauge Calculator along with the desired open note to determine reasonable..."
@ken-hulme
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "What's the exact difference between a dulcimore and dulcimer":
Posted a response to "What's the exact difference between a dulcimore and dulcimer":
""Duckslammer, IIRC comes from a Tom & Missy Strothers ancedote about someone mis-hearing "dulcimer"."
@ken-hulme
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bodhran (Irish Drum)":
Posted a response to "Bodhran (Irish Drum)":
"Mountain Mahogany does not grow east of Colorado. It has a Janka hardness of about 3200 -- roughly the same as the Ebonies. Makes great noters, nuts &..."