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@ken-longfield
• an hour ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "RIP John Huron":
Posted a response to "RIP John Huron":
"Strumelia gave you the link to the Strother's string wizard. Checking for DAd tuning, it looks like 0.029, 0.020, 0.015. The GDg tuning come out to 0.022,..."
@ken-longfield
• 18 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @caledoniasoul:
Posted a new Comment on @caledoniasoul:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Caledoniasoul. It's good to have you aboard. Have fun exploring this site. Let us know if you have any questions. We are a knowledgeable..."
@ken-longfield
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @jleeinmo:
Posted a new Comment on @jleeinmo:
"Welcome to FOTMD, jleeinmo. It's good to have you aboard. We had a great deal of information about mountain dulcimers here. I don't know how much of it is..."
@ken-longfield
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @livsoto:
Posted a new Comment on @livsoto:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Liv. It's good to have you aboard. You have a treasure in the Arthur Dixon dulcimer. While it has some historical value because of its link..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Best, or Worst, Dulcimer Quick Fixes and DIYs":
Posted a response to "Your Best, or Worst, Dulcimer Quick Fixes and DIYs":
"Here is the link to the page John suggests: John's suggested page
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:
"David, the links to the Ralph Lee Smith video no longer works. The article in DPN no longer works either, but Wally found the the link to the article in the..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:
"Wow! That's really interesting Wally. So if I understand this correctly Bryan was tuning the dulcimer (from 4th string to the first) E, E, A, A with the 1st..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @kimberly-from-ky:
Posted a new Comment on @kimberly-from-ky:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Kimberly From KY. I'm glad to see that your are taking up your state's official instrument and learning to play it. Have fun exploring this..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
"Those are all good points, Dusty. Whenever I try to explain some of those things to our dulcimer group their eyes gloss over and their faces go blank.
Ken..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
"Gentleman, maybe. Illustrious, haha. That's the Thomas dulcimer I'm holding in my avatar.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":
"I have a dulcimer made by James Edward (Uncle Ed) Thomas in 1931 at Bath, KY. I keep it tuned CGG. It seems to like that tuning.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "For Jean Ritchie fans":
Created a new forum topic "For Jean Ritchie fans":
"Ron Pen just shared this with me:..."

