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@skip
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":
"Welcome to the zipper club, assuming you're not having the computer aided version. You're not going to lift anything very heavy or even close a car door for..."
@skip
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"I've been on the road and this is the 1st time I could check back. The chat room seems to be working now on my laptop and tablet, at least the 'hello all'..."
@skip
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"On my Android tablet there is NO chat icon unless you click on the overflow icon [3 vert dots, upper right] and select/check 'desktop site'. then you get the..."
@skip
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"No changes needed by me. I was just passing along some additional information. I was logged in on both devices also."
@skip
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"I only have laptops and a tablet. Just about everyone I know uses laptops, so no access to a desktop I know of. I did check on windows and got the same..."
@skip
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"The SQL error is what I got from the 'select room' dropdown.
I'm using a laptop."
@skip
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":
"I get the same thing with Opera and Chromium. It's on a Linux machine, if that makes any difference."
@skip
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":
"Strumelia:
Which brings up the existential question... if one were to put a fret marker on every fret- what purpose would it serve? Could be both..."
@skip
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":
"I came to the dulcimer without any music background at all. Fret markers were just a decoration and my 1st dulcimer was a kit without markers. I didn't..."
@skip
• one month ago
• comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:
"What about folks working for a company [multiple employees, McSpadden, Martin, Yamaha, Oscar Schmidt, D'Aigle, etc] making stringed instruments?"
@skip
• one month ago
• comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:
"Personally, I appreciate being called a 'luthier' [strokes my ego quite nicely], even though I have only made/designed about a dozen mountain dulcimers a..."
@skip
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Music theory/Mode question ":
Posted a response to "Music theory/Mode question ":
"Inversion of Gm7 according to..."
@skip
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bridge and Nut fix question":
Posted a response to "Bridge and Nut fix question":
"traildad: Won’t the two strings sound different as one is stretched more that the other? I assume it’s important to have the action the same, especially..."
@skip
• 2 months ago
• comments: 39
Posted a new Comment on Modern Noter Drone Dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on Modern Noter Drone Dulcimers:
"You're describing a specific design that interests you [and, maybe a few others]. You could probably special order what you describe from a smaller maker..."
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":
"I've never seen one of the old ones. A call to Jim Woods at McSpadden may be helpful. "
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":
"I installed one on a similar instrument. The one on the scroll was on the bottom of the scroll with the screw pointed more or less towards the nut. The..."
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Turning your acoustic into an electric amplified.":
Posted a response to "Turning your acoustic into an electric amplified.":
"Where the wire hole is depends on the style of bar pickup. There are 2 styles I've used, one is aimed at violins with the wire exiting from the center of the..."
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "GigBook & a pedal":
Posted a response to "GigBook & a pedal":
"Their site implies the files are pdf's. You may find them using a file management program [in the apps data folder maybe]. If so, you should be able to..."
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"What they said.
The wider fretboard gives more room between strings, if needed, a plus for big fingers and for 4 equidistant strings. "
@skip
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"Both make excellent instruments, as do a bunch of other luthiers. I think it would serve you best to consider the mechanical features rather than 'models' or..."
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AllDoes using a capo change the key or not
Using a capo does NOT change the key on a MD, it changes the MODE and...
@Skip 2 years ago - Comments: 31
Mountain Dulcimers in the Rio Grande Valley [RGV]
Anyone coming to, or living in, the RGV is invited to play with our MD...
@Skip 4 years ago - Comments: 0
Tuning VS Keys, Clearing the air
Many folks seem to equate tuning and key. They are NOT the same, or...
@Skip 4 years ago - Comments: 1
Finding the volume of a MD body during the build.
Line the body of the dulcimer before final glue up of the top/bottom...
@Skip 9 years ago - Comments: 32
What's your choice for a tuning?
I have my dulcimer and banjo-dulcimer tuned to DF#A right now but may...
@Skip 10 years ago - Comments: 3
Circle of fifths, intervals
I'm still figuring this site out. I don't work with photo's much....
@Skip 10 years ago - Comments: 14
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AllIs there someplace I can find the tunings...
Posted: Tuesday September 18 2012, 8:59 PM
By: @Skip
By: @Skip
Mixed, compatible tunings.
Posted: Friday August 3 2012, 11:54 PM
By: @Paul Certo
By: @Paul Certo
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05/20/19 12:22:43PM @ann-t-evans:
Thanks... I just downloaded a trial copy on my computer & it looks like just what I need!