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The Story of the Dulcimer, Second Edition
This is just a notice that it is available for pre-ordering on Amazon.
@Ken Longfield started 9 years ago - replies: 14
Stanley Hicks article
Although not dulcimer specific, Stanley Hicks played a significant role in the dulcimer revival....
@Ken Longfield started 8 years ago - replies: 8
Josiah Combs
Don't know if this has been mentioned on here before; I couldn't find anything about it. Here's a link to pamphlet by Josiah Combs about the...
@Rob N Lackey started 8 years ago - replies: 6
Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions-which edition?
I want to add some specific dulcimer history books to my growing library of Appalachian history/culture--I see that there are two editions (2002...
@Rick Kennedy started 9 years ago - replies: 7
Dulcimentary: Kentucky Dulcimer Excursion
I could have done a better job with some of the photos and captions but I just haven't had the time. I may go back in some time and clean it up....
@David Bennett started 8 years ago - replies: 3
Pritchard Dulcimer at The Met!
http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/of-note/2015/appalachian-dulcimer
@Stewart McCormick started 8 years ago - replies: 7
Pre-Revival Mountain Dulcimer on Antiques Roadshow
I don't know how many people have seen this clip... But I thought it would be interesting for some newer members interested in the history of the...
@Stewart McCormick started 8 years ago - replies: 4
Does anybody know specifics on Richard Farina's Hennessey dulcimer? And has any builders tried to build a dulcimer based on it?
Just curious if any one has tried to replicate Richard Farina's sapele/spruce Hennessey dulcimer? I really love the deep body and style.
@Stewart McCormick started 9 years ago - replies: 2
Addition of 4th (Doubled Melody) String?
I've been having a conversation with my friend, Peggy Carter, about when the first doubled melody string was added to the mountain dulcimer. I...
@Steve Eulberg started 13 years ago - replies: 26
Meredith Slone Dulcimer
Any one have one of these? He is from Hi Hat, Kentucky.
@Dan started 9 years ago - replies: 5
Siegrist Dulcimer on ShopGoodwill
There's a Siegrist mechanical dulcimer being auctioned now!...
@John C. Knopf started 9 years ago - replies: 0
1970s TIME Magazine Advertisement Featuring A Mountain Dulcimer
I bought this on Ebay yesterday. I liked it because the lady appears to be using a quill and noter.
@David Bennett started 9 years ago - replies: 1
Sound sample of restored John D, Tignor.
Here is a sound sample on the John D.Tignor I just finished restoring. Played noter drone, tuned CGG or there abouts. The tune is Little Rosewood...
@Kevin Messenger started 10 years ago - replies: 9
"The Virginia Dulcimer: 200 Years of Bowing, Strumming and Plucking" exhibit
I play the mountain and bowed dulcimer and fiddle at Civil War reenacting events.I wanted to make a reproduction of a period instrument for...
@Marsha Harris started 14 years ago - replies: 39
Utterly faded label --- suggestions?
I have a very interesting and very playable old mountain dulcimer that I want to bring to market soon. There's a hand-written label in the...
@pristine2 started 10 years ago - replies: 4
Short film on Edd Presnell
Thanks to Doug Berch I got to see this film on Edd Presnell! (See the next posting, please, for the embedded film. Having no luck putting it...
@Robin Thompson started 14 years ago - replies: 10
Nathan Hicks and the Dulcimer He Sold to Maurice Matteson - Where is it now?
In 1933 Maurice Matteson and Mellinger Henry collected ballads on Beech Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina. This was five years earlier...
@Banjimer started 11 years ago - replies: 2
A.L. Greynolds Dulcimer
Laurel Krokstrom's Bibliography lists an article from the Harlan Daily Enterprise about Greynolds entitled, "Making Dulcimers is More Than a...
@Curtis Carlisle Bouterse started 12 years ago - replies: 4
Possible Picture of a Prichard instrument Page 103 in The Appalachian Dulcimer Book
In Michael Murphy's Appalachian Dulcimer Book there is a picture on page 103 (1st edition) of a man standing outside holding a dulcimer. The photo...
@Rob N Lackey started 12 years ago - replies: 17