I like the comments, You need to be a licensed breeder to reproduce them. All the dulcimers on the table I built to the exact same dimensions. It was a golden opportunity to compare the sound of different woods, with all other factors being equal. I tuned all the dulcimers to DAdd and went around the table playing June Apple on each one. The big surprise was that all models shared 90% of volume and tone in common. Proves to me at least that its the design not the woods alone that make the sound... Bob.

Oh, this is good...

Oh boy a new breed, Bristol Tear-iers.

Its a good job that there is a power of water between Bob Schuler's place and mine then, 'cos if ever 'his and and mine got at' it lordie knows what would happen, particularly as I seem to have a profusion of non hourglass instruments, many with a puzzling coat of what appears to be a dustlike substance ?

JohnH

Since they will be mixed breeds, instead of dulcimores, I thought I'd call them dulcimutts.

Good one Cynthia!

Yes, I'm hoping to breed a just intonation with an equal temperament and get a murder of mean tones.

Cynthia, so your intention is to breed them? I have never heard of dulcimers being made that way, and how many can you expect in a litter.

If this is true, I would like two please, a male and a female!

Nice.do you have a favorite?

My grandparents might have said that you have a "passel of dulcimers or a slew of them". Beautiful group no matter what you call it.

A 'Decent Dance Of Dulcimers' ?

JohnH

What do you call a herd of dulcimers...... an obsession. Nice bunch of instruments, Robert