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build a case for any instrument
sorry mods .....I dont know where to post this http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-your-own-hard-guitar-case-or-for-othe/
@RavenMadd Garcia started 8 years ago - replies: 2
The mad dulcimer doctor is in...
Here's something I put on the dulcimer page I manage for our local group. I hope putting this on this particular forum is ok....
@David Bennett started 6 years ago - replies: 0
Black Mountain Dulcimer - Cracked headstock
Greetings from the UK A moment of EBay fever has meant that I bought a Black Mountain Dulcimer with a cracked headstock. I was aware of it and...
@Banjostray started 7 years ago - replies: 0
String noise
I have a Ron Ewing Dulcimette that I am working on a special project with. Unfortunately, the middle string has a "tinny" or "twangy" noise -but...
@Cindy Stammich started 7 years ago - replies: 0
Dogwood Dulcimer Stands
Hi, I just joined this group and I did a search for a discussion in regards to stands and didn't see one, but if I missed it sorry! Seems like this...
@Kimberly Anne Schultz started 9 years ago - replies: 2
Sherrie's Broken Dulcimer
On the Care & Maintenance Wall, Sherrie H wrote: I purchased a dulcimer off eBay,long story made short,the seller was careless in packing,used...
@Ken Hulme started 9 years ago - replies: 8
Wooden pegs lose pitch
An acquaintance wants to play her grandmother's dulcimer, but says the wooden pegs don't keep the pitch. She figures changing to geared tuners...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 11 years ago - replies: 12
how to make a dulcimer without power tools ..(instruction)
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Dulcimer-Without-Power-Tools/
@RavenMadd Garcia started 10 years ago - replies: 0
lemon oil
Hello I have a Stoney end Dulcimer made of wallnut with a solid spruce sound board.The center piece/finger board is walnut( think).Would it be...
@Gary McNaughton started 10 years ago - replies: 0
Linda Holt's sticky rosin psaltery problem- help!
Linda asks:I've over-rosined and then made the problem worse by trying to clean it with fret board cleaner. I really need some suggestions on how...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 4
Rough travel
I am a backpacker, mountain biker, and long distance bicycle tourist. That means that I also drive long distances (coast to coast) staying in the...
@Pete Staehling started 10 years ago - replies: 8
What prep is recommended to add a new finish to my older dulcimer?
I made a dulcimer in a class with Keith Young, luthier, 5 years ago or more, but never really did the finish like I wanted. Since then, I've used a...
@Frances Light Molinengo started 11 years ago - replies: 0
Where Do You Keep Your Dulcimer in the Home?
If you play or practice regularly I would imagine that you keep your dulcimer pretty handy ... but where. I think most of us are aware of the...
@Sam started 13 years ago - replies: 13
humidifier? really?
OK, so it's been stated pretty uncontroversially both here and at Everything Dulcimer, that a wood instrument is susceptible to excessive dryness...
@Dusty Turtle started 12 years ago - replies: 15
maintaining the finish on my dulcimer
Okay, so I've had my dulcimer for a few months now, almost a year. I do keep it dusted and cased when not playing it. Before I send an email to...
@Patty from Virginia started 12 years ago - replies: 5
Dulcimer Insecticide?
This morning while playing dulcimer under some pine trees at the Wrightsville Historic Museum, I noticed a small (maybe 1/2 inch long) worm-like...
@Macy Jayne started 12 years ago - replies: 16
just won a wreck on Evil Bay
for $40.50......its work but I love to tinker ...give me your view on what I need to get ...got a ton of old wood vices at work and clamps...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 12 years ago - replies: 16
Took a drill to my Hondo 2
the buffalo secret tuners were killing me ....so I had a set of old black japanese strat tuners ....had to drill slowly to fit them in ....so my...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 12 years ago - replies: 2
Changing A String
I'm going to cheat and post a little rudimentary video to kick this important task off. To the experienced this is a piece of cake, it can be...
@Sam started 13 years ago - replies: 8