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@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @judy-goodwin:
Posted a new Comment on @judy-goodwin:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Judy. It's good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here. This is a wonderful community of mountain dulcimer..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @tim-hoke:
Posted a new Comment on @tim-hoke:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Tim. It's good to have you aboard. Glad to hear that you are getting back into playing mountain dulcimer. I look forward to your..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @sylvia-r:
Posted a new Comment on @sylvia-r:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Sylvia. It's always a pleasure to welcome another Pennsylvanian to our little corner of the mountain dulcimer world. This is a good place..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Three or Four Strings, that is the question:
Posted a new Comment on Three or Four Strings, that is the question:
"I think over the last few years I've built more 3 string dulcimers than 4 stringers. My Prichard reproductions and "modern" Prichards have all been 3..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Anybody familiar with dulcimers made by James Goodall?":
Posted a response to "Anybody familiar with dulcimers made by James Goodall?":
"I am not familiar with dulcimers made by James Goodall. He seems to have a good following in the guitar world. It appears that his son Luke has taken over..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
"I have a couple of needle file sets, neither was expensive nor diamond coated. They do the job. You can find them at the two places Wally suggested plus..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
"I agree with Skip about cutting the slots deeper in the false nut before trying anything else. Sometimes I get ahead of myself and forget to do the easier..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
"Mike, that blue piece is not actually a nut (or shouldn't be). It should be a string spacer to keep the strings in the proper place across the nut which is..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
Posted a response to "A question about intonating a dulcimer":
"Skip and Nate have given you good advice. Check to make sure that the zero fret is higher than the first fret after you check to see that all strings are..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @mikekoz:
Posted a new Comment on @mikekoz:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Mikekoz. You have come to the right place for help. I look forward to your participation here.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@ken-longfield
• 3 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @laststarfighter:
Posted a new Comment on @laststarfighter:
"Welcome to FOTMD, LastStarFighter. It's good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@ken-longfield
• 3 months ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Help I've never built an instrument not touched a dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Help I've never built an instrument not touched a dulcimer:
"Hi, Neill, I did not mean to scare you. There is potential there for a beautiful instrument. As the bracing is in place I wouldn't bother changing it. It..."