Ken Hulme

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Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "If you could have just one dulcimer...":
"Either my Uncle Ed Thomas traditional dulcemore replica by John Knopf; or my  traditional Virginia style Hogfiddle by Bobby Ratliff,  Both with staple frets..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "What's the exact difference between a dulcimore and dulcimer":
"Dusty's right.  In English there were no standardized way to spell anything until some years after the Oxford English Dictionary was completely published..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "What's the exact difference between a dulcimore and dulcimer":
"Three years ago this was asked by @shannonmilan  "Do you mean to say they also differ on their tuning?"    "They"  being dulcemores and dulcimers.Yes and..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Can anyone out there help me with a tuner question?":
"Those tuners should have a tiny screw in the end of each knob, which adjust how 'firmly' they stay in tune.  Start with a 1/4 turn tighter and see how that..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • one week ago • comments: 11
Posted a new Comment on Favorite Dulcimer books and/or good books for beginners?:
"The Appalachian Dulcimer Book by Michael Murphy The Dulcimer Book by Jean RitchieCatalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers by L. Allen SmithIn Search of..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Are two melody strings louder than one?":
"Whether tuned perfectly together or slightly apart in pitch, doubled strings should not be louder than one.  The sound waves mesh together perfectly (or..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Crack in the soundboard, by the sound hole":
"I suggest "superglue" -- the thin, slow-set kind, not the 10 second stuff.   Leave the painter's tape on the underside to support the crack but remove the..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reading Tab in Chord/Melody playing:
"Remember that the quiet space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reading Tab in Chord/Melody playing:
"As mentioned, and like most everything in Dulcimerworld, there is no 'best' or 'only' way to do things.  There is just what works for you.  Joe obviously..."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A W Jeffreys Jr.":
"@shannonmilan -- you do realize that this conversation is over four years old, don't you?"
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Clemmer Peg head":
"@shannonmilan -- you do realize this conversation is over two years old, don't you."
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bodhran (Irish Drum)":
"Nice Marsha!  Decades ago I played bass drum with Scottish Pipe Bands.  Then a couple years before Covid I occasionally played dulcimer along with friends in..."
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