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The Praetorius Scheitholt
In 1619 Michael Praetorius published the second volume of Syntagma Musicum . In it tried to list all of the instruments known in his world. He...
@Ken Longfield started 6 days ago - replies: 1
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: DECEMBER
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-december/
@David Bennett started 7 years ago - replies: 16
MD as string percussion
I joined FOMD because I saw a page somewhere on this webpage on the Occitan, Iberian tradition of a dulcimer shaped instrument used as a string...
@PCLars started 2 months ago - replies: 17
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: November
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-november/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 20
Archie Lee and the “1817” Dulcimore
Here is my latest dulcimentary: https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/archie-lee-and-the-1817-dulcimore/
@David Bennett started 3 months ago - replies: 3
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: October
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-october/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 6
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: September
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-september/
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 10
Just wondering........
I have a question, the answer to which would probably just be speculation, but that's fine. If Uncle Ed Thomas was born in 1850, and started...
@tonyg started 4 months ago - replies: 4
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: August
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-august/
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 12
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: JULY
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-july/
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 11
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: JUNE
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-june/
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 25
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: May
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-may/
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 13
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: April
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-april/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 13
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: March
https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-march/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 12
History of Women Players
I once read that 80 to 90 percent of Holly Tannen students were women. If you look at current photos of workshops, festivals etc. most are women....
@Homer Ross started last year - replies: 21
An Appalachian Dulcimer Sculpture
An Appalachian Dulcimer Sculpture https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/an-appalachian-dulcimer-sculpture/
@David Bennett started 11 months ago - replies: 2
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: February
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: February https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-february/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 8
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: January
Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: January https://heritagedulcimers.wordpress.com/today-in-mountain-dulcimer-history/timdh-january/
@David Bennett started 5 years ago - replies: 7
Lucy M. Long's brief history of the mountain dulcimer
A nice succinct article of the basics. https://www.bearmeadow.com/smi/histof.htm
@Strumelia started last year - replies: 5
William Duke Tester - Beech Mountain Dulcimer Maker
According to Lucy Long in her dissertation on the dulcimer traditions of Beech Mountain, North Carolina in the early years of the 20th century...
@Banjimer started 6 years ago - replies: 10