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@ken-hulme
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "If you could have just one dulcimer...":
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
• 2 days 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":
"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
• 3 days 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":
"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
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Can anyone out there help me with a tuner question?":
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
• one week ago
• comments: 11
Posted a new Comment on Favorite Dulcimer books and/or good books for beginners?:
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Are two melody strings louder than one?":
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Crack in the soundboard, by the sound hole":
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reading Tab in Chord/Melody playing:
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reading Tab in Chord/Melody playing:
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A W Jeffreys Jr.":
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
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Clemmer Peg head":
Posted a response to "Clemmer Peg head":
"@shannonmilan -- you do realize this conversation is over two years old, don't you."
@ken-hulme
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bodhran (Irish Drum)":
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..."