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@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Jack M:
I ordered a few books on dulcimers and one is pictures of pre-revival dulcimers. Looking at these pictures and knowing a bit about old ways of..."
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Glad to hear it Jack. @dwain-wilder has tons of incredibly useful information for builders, and has helped me a lot over time. Truly an indispensable..."
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Jack I was just remarking that if one were to use a yardstick that only has 16ths and a calculator that gives readings in 128ths, as Wally mentioned, decimal..."
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Of course, now youll be needing to convert 128ths into 16ths, which seems just as annoying"
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Cool to see a calculator that includes JI. Thanks for sharing."
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
The Strothers calculator, and probably some others, allow you to get fret spacing in millimeters, 1/16 ths, and decimal inches if you input..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
"for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut ....."
Life could be simpler if we specified these in..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally, I think an important factor is that lower pitched strings are quieter at the same tension, and so to get an equal volume from lower pitches, not only..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Jack, for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut and the 6.5 fret should be 13.638" from the nut. The same notes in the second..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "jubilee":
Posted a response to "jubilee":
"Very interesting. I have seen them a handful to times at Hindu weddings, where the playstyle is QUITE different, and is much more energetic and rhythmic, but..."