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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 10 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 8 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 12 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 15 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 12 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 13 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 15 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 14 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 14 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 14 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 14 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 14 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 15 years ago - replies: 8
Cleaning and Preserving
What do you use to clean and preserve the wood of your dulcimer? I've tinkered with enough wood to know that some products are not good for a...
@Sam started 15 years ago - replies: 18