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@skip • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"MaryB: Where is the general discussion area, I thought I was there! Sorry, I do have difficulty navigating this site.... The blue cloud with a tail in a..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Expensive hobby in the UK. Looks like I'm buying a lathe :D:

"And you can always fasten a finger pick on the spoon handle for wear."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 20
Posted a new Comment on Tunings ....:

"@Strumelia : ` That is probably the most cogent and elegant description I've ever read about tunings and modes. I saved it. To bad it can't be stickied."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Expensive hobby in the UK. Looks like I'm buying a lathe :D:

"A long dowel or chopstick held by a strap around her wrist [or palm?] or fingerless glove may help. Large diameter noter. Try a different way of holding..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 20
Posted a new Comment on Tunings ....:

"Aire; Assuming your mandolin is tuned G3-d4-a4-e'5, low to high, then your dulcimer is D3-A3-d4, low to high. Your mandolin is a chromatic Instrument, a..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on High strings:

"Dime next to the 1st fret. I suggest you start with the bridge, remove a bit from the bottom, check both. Then go to the nut. It's not going to take much on..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on High strings:

"Did you check from on top the 7th fret or next to it? It should be on the 7th. Sand off from the bottom and check often."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Buying my wife a Dulcimer - string gauges question:

"This is the gauge chart most recommended. It runs a bit light so you can go 1-2 gauges heavier. http://www.strothers.com/string_choice.html"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bass String Buzz @ 1st & 2nd Fret":

"You could try flipping the bridge over to eliminate the bridge [notch] as the problem. Hopefully the slant of the string will counter the bottom being square. "

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bass String Buzz @ 1st & 2nd Fret":

"Have you checked the action, nickel/dime method? A strip of paper under the nut/bridge will raise the action. Edit: In your user photo it looks like you're..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Program to catalog and display song tabs:

"Here's the one I use. https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Do I need that fourth string?:

"No. You don't 'need' the doubled melody string. "

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on How thick are a nickel and a dime? Action height question.:

"The 'slots' in the nut/bridge are really just a nick in the the material. My usual practice is to slant the string bearing surface away from the VSL and..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "VSL Breakpoint Angles, Radiuses, and Excess String Lengths":

"I guess y'all are discussin' that percission string support thingamajig. You know, the one on one other end from the string tightener doohickys. Back here..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Teardrop Dulcimer plans with shorter VSL:

"Have you considered just making a shorter VSL using the original plans?"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "VSL Breakpoint Angles, Radiuses, and Excess String Lengths":

"Here's a few confusion factors just for fun; Consider that pressing a string on a fret creates a new VSL, so fretting at the 7th [or other] fret leaves an..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Wood Cupping When Thin :

"That has happened to me on resawing. The newly cut surface is wetter than the uncut side. This causes the wood to curl up towards the drier surface. Good..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on First dulcimer:

"A dime [~ .050"] on the fretboard next to the 1st fret and a nickel [~ .075"] on top of the 7th [octave] fret. This will give a good action on a chord/melody..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 24
Posted a new Comment on Sympathetic Strings:

"Lutes, guitars, a bunch of instruments from India, like sitar,etc. Looked it up."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 24
Posted a new Comment on Sympathetic Strings:

"I wonder if making a new nut and bridge with slots cut for 2 levels of strings, one high and one low for a 4-6 string dulcimer would work as a test bed. It..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 38
Posted a new Comment on 2nd dulcimer build custom cardboard:

"Don't need to radius the slot, it's going to be full of glue and wood, and will be plenty strong, no stress to speak off. A table saw cut will work as well...."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Fret Placement on Chromatic Dulcimer?:

"The fret placement calculations are the same. The only thing I can think of from the ones I made, is leveling seems to be more sensitive. Check out..."