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Beginner dulcimer player and builder.
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@natebuildstoys
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Wide World Mtn Dulc Var, Ch 4: Soundholes! Pg C:
Posted a new Comment on Wide World Mtn Dulc Var, Ch 4: Soundholes! Pg C:
"Neat. Someone posted an analysis on here recently talking about how soundholes that are long and narrow are the loudest. Maybe these long narrow soundholes..."
@natebuildstoys
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on The Kesh Jig - by Leo Kretzner w the Old Grey Cats:
Posted a new Comment on The Kesh Jig - by Leo Kretzner w the Old Grey Cats:
"Complete with a Bodhrán! very cool!"
@natebuildstoys
• one week ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on I Trata:
Posted a new Comment on I Trata:
"Your playstyle consistently amazes me Mark! Watching your hands glide all over while keeping that neat staccato (is that the right word?) rhythm is just so..."
@natebuildstoys
• one week ago
• comments: 1
Created a new Group discussion "Protecting the interior of a dulcimer":
Created a new Group discussion "Protecting the interior of a dulcimer":
"Hello all I was just wondering if it is common for builders to apply any kind of protectant to the interior of their instrument before gluing it together? Up..."
Dulcimer Making
Dulcimer Making
@natebuildstoys
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Skibbereen:
Posted a new Comment on Skibbereen:
"WOW. Each verse got cooler than the last! Thanks for sharing."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Liked a youtube item created by @janene-millen: Skibbereen
Liked a youtube item created by @janene-millen: Skibbereen
@natebuildstoys
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Where the fingerboard meets the soundboard:
Posted a new Comment on Where the fingerboard meets the soundboard:
"@Bill-Robison this description reminds me of one I made a while ago. I can't find any pics of it but I do still have a bunch of sketches I did. Is the idea..."
@natebuildstoys
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Double fretboard & 6 guitar strings":
Posted a response to "Double fretboard & 6 guitar strings":
"I do wonder how the middle strings tuned to open D guitar tuning or DADF#AD would sound as a backing drone. (added benefit of replacing strings with no..."
@natebuildstoys
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "How do I know what key I'm in?":
Created a new forum topic "How do I know what key I'm in?":
"Hey guys I have been trying to practice writing my own tab and I wrote out tab by ear for an old folk song called sally wheatley. Because I did it by ear,..."
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
"IRENE:
NATE....I think this dulcimer is rather COOL. Where did you get the top to make that pattern? YES, you need to just take off the frets and make..."
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
"Ken Longfield:
That pattern was an easy way to build dulcimers and get them in to peoples' hands. There was a builder in Texas (I think) who made them..."
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
"Strumelia:
That's actually pretty impressive, Nate. Is that first dulcimer you built still playable? How did it turn out sounding?
Honestly when I..."
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on How I learned to build dulcimers:
"Apologies I sent a copy of this image to small to read hopefully this works. "
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 7
Created a new Group discussion "How I learned to build dulcimers":
Created a new Group discussion "How I learned to build dulcimers":
"I thought y'all might find this silly. This is the page from a 'reader's digest' homesteading book which I learned to build dulcimers from
Prior to reading..."
Dulcimer Making
Dulcimer Making
@natebuildstoys
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Embarrassed: just picking out tunes":
Posted a response to "Embarrassed: just picking out tunes":
"Don Grundy:
Does anyone else hear a tune in their head and have to pick it out on the melody and middle string? Pick it out and if you mess up you might..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
"Skip:
A random thought occurred to me, how's your hearing? Hearing aids or not? Audio preferences? I quit messing with penny whistles and harmonicas..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
"CJ:
Given the same craftmanship, what do you hear is the difference in particular woods. Of the three I'm considering one has a poplar body with a..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Are there fretless dulcimers?":
Posted a response to "Are there fretless dulcimers?":
"WOW. That is seriously cool. That slide dulcimer has mountain banjo vibes as well as lap steel! Thanks for sharing I have a new rabbit hole to fall down!"
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "What's the deal with Aquavinas?":
Posted a response to "What's the deal with Aquavinas?":
"Strumelia:
This is super cool.I think it would be additionally fun to make a little folded paper origami boat to float in the 'canal' while playing it. I..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Glass Bottle Resonator Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Glass Bottle Resonator Dulcimer":
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@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Swedish origins of the dulcimer?:
Posted a new Comment on Swedish origins of the dulcimer?:
"Hmm. Between the scheitholt, the hummel, the epinette, the langeleik, the langspil, the jouhi kantele, the psalmodikon, and at least 10 more I don't know..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
Posted a response to "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
"Skip:
Keep in mind being a 'luthier' can be a hobby or a business. If a hobby, the luthier can do what (s)he wants and can afford, In business, money and..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Sellenger's Round:
Posted a new Comment on Sellenger's Round:
"So cool! Your playing style is so awesome it's like I took a time machine back 500 years! Thanks for sharing"
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on tunings and string gauge:
Posted a new Comment on tunings and string gauge:
"@Ken-Longfield Thanks for the information this is a lot to think about. When I imagine a right triangle with one leg being the height of the saddle from the..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on tunings and string gauge:
Posted a new Comment on tunings and string gauge:
"Ken Hulme:
Intonation is tied to the fret spacing not string height
This seems counter-intuitive to me. Do you correct for the difference in string..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Magnetic pickup vs Piezo vs Mic pointed at dulcimer":
Created a new forum topic "Magnetic pickup vs Piezo vs Mic pointed at dulcimer":
"Hello all! With lockdown finally dialing back I have been offered a gig at an antique mall, a barber shop, and a juice bar. Given that I build my own..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
Created a new forum topic "Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?":
"In guitar communities, cigar box guitar forums I participate in, as well as dulcimer forums there seems to be a lot of status attached to some types of wood,..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Assessing Tone":
Posted a response to "Assessing Tone":
"Is it accurate to say that you can make generalizations about an instruments tone based on materials, depth, and bridge placement?For example it has always..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Are there fretless dulcimers?":
Created a new forum topic "Are there fretless dulcimers?":
"A topic I have heard several times among both players and builders is the pros and cons of various temperaments, with no consensus ever being reached. It..."
@natebuildstoys
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Blair fret compare - original Jumbos! installed on a dare?":
Posted a response to "Blair fret compare - original Jumbos! installed on a dare?":
"I like very low and narrow mandolin frets because i think they make less noise when i slide across them. My dulcimer is chromatic so the 'thumping' of the..."
Latest Group Discussions
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Copyright law and dulcimer music
Hey all this has been something I've been struggling to understand and...
@NateBuildsToys 2 weeks ago - Comments: 22
Protecting the interior of a dulcimer
Hello all I was just wondering if it is common for builders to apply any...
@NateBuildsToys one week ago - Comments: 1
How I learned to build dulcimers
I thought y'all might find this silly. This is the page from a...
@NateBuildsToys one month ago - Comments: 7
a VERY strange hypothetical
Hello all a very bizarre idea came to my mind and I'd love some input. I...
@NateBuildsToys 2 months ago - Comments: 19
Where the fingerboard meets the soundboard
Hello all. I have started making my dulcimers with fingerboards that...
@NateBuildsToys 3 months ago - Comments: 13
Sympathetic Strings
What do the wise and knowledgeable luthiers of FOTMD think about...
@NateBuildsToys 6 months ago - Comments: 25
the "door dulcimer" ?!?!?!?
I'm always trying to dig around and look for ideas that might inspire...
@NateBuildsToys 6 months ago - Comments: 3
Fret Placement on Chromatic Dulcimer?
Hello all! It has been tons of fun building and learning to play...
@NateBuildsToys 6 months ago - Comments: 5
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Latest Forum Discussions
AllHow do I know what key I'm in?
Posted: Monday October 5 2020, 1:28 AM
By: @Dusty Turtle
By: @Dusty Turtle
Choice of Wood: Pertinent or Purism?
Posted: Friday September 4 2020, 8:25 PM
By: @Lisa Golladay
By: @Lisa Golladay
What's the deal with Aquavinas?
Posted: Wednesday September 2 2020, 8:26 AM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Are there fretless dulcimers?
Posted: Wednesday September 2 2020, 5:05 AM
By: @NateBuildsToys
By: @NateBuildsToys
Glass Bottle Resonator Dulcimer
Posted: Tuesday September 1 2020, 11:14 PM
By: @NateBuildsToys
By: @NateBuildsToys
Magnetic pickup vs Piezo vs Mic pointed at...
Posted: Monday August 31 2020, 1:57 PM
By: @John C. Knopf
By: @John C. Knopf
Size of Soundbox and Loudness
Posted: Friday August 14 2020, 8:14 AM
By: @Matt Berg
By: @Matt Berg
Truss Rods?
Posted: Tuesday August 11 2020, 11:33 AM
By: @Bob Stephens
By: @Bob Stephens
Added some half frets....now what?
Posted: Monday July 13 2020, 11:22 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Beer Bottle Bridge/Glass Resonator
Posted: Friday May 22 2020, 12:54 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Is the strumhollow redundant?
Posted: Thursday May 21 2020, 11:43 AM
By: @NateBuildsToys
By: @NateBuildsToys
VSL Breakpoint Angles, Radiuses, and...
Posted: Sunday May 10 2020, 2:37 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Adding Extra Strings to Courses
Posted: Wednesday May 6 2020, 3:04 PM
By: @NateBuildsToys
By: @NateBuildsToys
Comments
03/06/20 06:24:47AM @strumelia:
Hi Nate. I hope you will post some photos soon of some of your instruments. The ones you describe and the one in your profile pic look amazing! 
02/29/20 09:12:01AM @benjamin-w-barr-jr:
Hi Nate, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer, and to meet some good people.
Ben
02/26/20 08:16:55PM @richard-streib:
Welcome NateBuildToys to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. You may want to consider joining the Dulcimer Making group. Best wishes on your dulcimer journey.
02/22/20 08:45:08PM @ken-longfield:
Welcome to FOTMD NateBuildsToys. It is good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation in these discussions.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
