Ricco

Hi, Ricco-- I'm passing along some information regarding Ron by way of private message here at FOTMD.  

Ricco, If you cannot connect with anyone regarding the estate you may have to go to the court.

In NC where I live estates (and the executor or executrix of the estate)  are supervised by the court. Most of the time in the county where the deceased lived. When the estate is opened here in NC there is required a public  notice to be published in the newspaper which gives creditors 3 months to file a claim against the estate. And that claim must be satisfied before the final distribution from the estate can be made and the estate closed.

I hope you do not have to go the court route. Ron was such a gentleman. Hopefully the handling of the estate will reflect his character and you will have no trouble getting your deposit back.

Dusty, thanks for your response.  I am trying to reach out to his phone, email and snail mail.  Hopefully I will be able to connect with someone who might be helpful to me.

Ricco

Ricco, I don't know the answer to your question. Ron's website is still up and contains an email address, a phone number, and a mailing address. I would send a message to all three of those options and hope someone is monitoring things to respond.  I was told the initial announcement of his passing was posted on Facebook. You might look there to see if someone was close to him and might have more specific information than do I.

So sad to hear about the passing of Ron Ewing.  I had a few phone contacts with him, bought one of his special capos and actually commissioned a dulcimer to be made by him.  Unfortunately he passed before starting it and had a significant deposit from me.  

Does anyone have a suggestions for me as to what I might be able to do with his estate to follow up and maybe be made whole?

Support and help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Ricco, since John Prine played almost only originals, they are all under copyright, so posting tab online would be illegal.  But most of his songs are pretty straightforward, including only 3 or 4 chords and a limited melody range.  "Paradise," for example, has three chords, and in DAd, the melody ranges from the open melody string to the 5th fret.  You might be able to figure it out on your own. And the original was recorded in the key of D, so grab your dulcimer and play along!

Ricco, if you can learn to simply strum basic chords on the dulcimer, then another option might be to play chords while you sing the John Prine song. There should be various guitar books out there with the chords to Prine's songs.

Thank you.

I appreciate your response back.  Maybe someday someone will be able to put some of his work to tab.

Ricco

I have not seen any of his music which has been tabbed out. Best of luck.

Posting to find out if there is any tab circulating for John Prine music.  I love his music and suspect it would work really nicely on Dulcimer.

Ricco, I think Richard's answer to your question maybe a little confusing as he seems to have left out a step. At the top of the page you will see: "Home  Forum Photos  Videos. Audio  Groups etc. Click on Groups and Dulcimer Making will be third group listed as you scroll down that page. After you click on Dulcimer Making it will open that group and on the right hand side is box labeled Join. Click on that and you will become a member of the group. You will then be able to respond to posts and read all the group posts.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Hi Ricco, 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

Welcome to FOTMD, Ricco. Mountain dulcimers are fun to build and play. Are you planning to work from scratch or from a kit? Either way the folks here who build dulcimers can provide a lot of help and advice. Some of us have been building for 50 years or more. Some build traditional instruments and others build modern or experimental instruments. Whatever you are thinking of I'm sure we can help out. I look forward to hearing more from you.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Welcome Ricco to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. There is a lot of information here. You may consider joining the Dulcimer Making group for best exposure to making a dulcimer.