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Location: Germantown, NY
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I love playing lap dulcimer, banjo, epinette, pennywhistle, Cretan Lyra, bones, limberjacks....mostly play old-time tunes, minstrel era tunes, and medieval tunes..
Love my fiddling husband, contra dancing, and playing with our cats. And my honeybees. :)
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My Blog on playing traditional style Noter/Drone style mountain dulcimer, including over 30 FREE noter style TABS and video instructions:
Strumelia's Noter Drone dulcimer BLOG
I also run a site for selling music-themed t-shirts: https://harmonias.com/
And a site for penny whistle players: https://pennywhistleclub.com/
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@strumelia
• 4 days ago
• comments: 84
Posted a new Comment on Beginner players:
Posted a new Comment on Beginner players:
"@mary-barnsdale are you looking for festivals in California, or within what area?
In general I believe most festivals are focused towards helping beginner..."
@strumelia
• 4 days ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on No Dulcimers Here:
Posted a new Comment on No Dulcimers Here:
"Wha...!? Dusty! Renaissance Man!
Those would traditionally be movable gut frets- they may actually be gut if you look close, but I imagine modern versions..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
"Um, when you are making a note of what each strings was tuned to, be careful: I'm thinking that someone inadvertently REVERSED that paper naming the notes..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 20
Posted a new Comment on Chicken Scratch:
Posted a new Comment on Chicken Scratch:
"Christine, you are just plain cool. "
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tailpiece help please":
Posted a response to "Tailpiece help please":
"It slides off laterally. Either towards the head stock or away from it, depending on how it's orientated. Sometimes they are very tight and you need to..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Who Made Swan-shaped Dulcimer?":
Posted a response to "Who Made Swan-shaped Dulcimer?":
"Lois Sprengnether Keel:
I look at it and it doesn't look as refined as those chairs, but it's an idea. His finish is definitely more "rustic",..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
"I just gotta add, about tuning wrenches:
Having used both the T shaped cheaper ones and the L shaped slightly more expensive ones... I urge people to get an..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Who Made Swan-shaped Dulcimer?":
Posted a response to "Who Made Swan-shaped Dulcimer?":
"When i saw the pictures of this dulcimer, I immediately thought that the maker used the carved swan head arm from an antique chair for the head stock. Such..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
Posted a response to "Kantele?":
"Ferrator, can you post here a photo or two of the entire instrument? It's hard to tell anything from just a few closeups, without the 'big picture'."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Healthy Living- healthy eating, exercise, weight loss, veggie gardening, etc.":
Posted a response to "Healthy Living- healthy eating, exercise, weight loss, veggie gardening, etc.":
"I've been saving up ripe tomatillos from my garden for the past 10 days, and had a giant bowl of them ready for today. I made my first green sauce!
After..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 16
Posted a new Comment on Black Jack Davey:
Posted a new Comment on Black Jack Davey:
"Thanks Dusty!
I find it interesting that so many of the pieces we play on our dulcimers are actually SONGS, not just instrumental tunes. Especially the..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Show Us Your Pets!":
Posted a response to "Show Us Your Pets!":
"These scruffy little pooches are so cute!!"
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on What tunes are you bowing these days?:
Posted a new Comment on What tunes are you bowing these days?:
"That's so wonderful, Robin!
There are a couple of somber ballads from Dyad that I'm thinking of trying as instrumentals, on both my banjo and my bowed..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How do I post in the Photos section of my page?":
Posted a response to "How do I post in the Photos section of my page?":
"Lois, you could create and name a new photo Gallery and then use the gallery's "+" button to add photos to the gallery.
BUT if your goal is to ask if people..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Anyone else here with autism or depression?:
Posted a new Comment on Anyone else here with autism or depression?:
"I'm terribly sorry to be so very late in responding to your thread Melissa.
I do hope you got your dulcimer last year and that you have been enjoying..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 16
Liked a group discussions item created by @gail-webber: Black Jack Davey
Liked a group discussions item created by @gail-webber: Black Jack Davey
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-thompson: What tunes are you bowing these days?
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-thompson: What tunes are you bowing these days?
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on What tunes are you bowing these days?:
Posted a new Comment on What tunes are you bowing these days?:
"Robin, I wound up following links to the (apparently now defunct) band DYAD on bandcamp, and I bought a bunch of their tracks. They sure made some beautiful..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!:
Posted a new Comment on Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!:
"Even though I'm strictly a noter player, I chose to have my Icelandic langspil (which is considered to be one of the several ancestors of the mountain..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
"Since i love the weird haunting sound of a box dulcimer being bowed, I like to see a fretboard that is pretty high in height. That allows the bow to rock a..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 16
Posted a new Comment on Black Jack Davey:
Posted a new Comment on Black Jack Davey:
"If anyone is interested in a noter style version of Black Jack Davey (aka Wraggle Taggle Gypsies O), I just made a new post on my dulcimer Noter Drone Blog...."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
"John C. Knopf: Robin Clark recently made an amazing box dulcimer in no time, out of home-construction scraps!
John, I guess you must be referring to..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 14
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-clark: Build a Dulcimer - In an hour from scratch
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-clark: Build a Dulcimer - In an hour from scratch
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 6
Created a new Group discussion "Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!":
Created a new Group discussion "Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!":
"At first glance it might seem an obvious question, but I bet there are multiple interesting reasons folks have for deciding to get or make a chromatically..."
Chromatic Dulcimers
Chromatic Dulcimers
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
Posted a new Comment on What do you want in a box dulcimer?:
"It's easy to assume that 'box dulcimer' automatically means a TMB (Tennessee Music Box). But the label "TMB" is specific to the antique box dulcimers found..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 10
Liked a group discussions item created by @peter-w: "Morgenrot"
Liked a group discussions item created by @peter-w: "Morgenrot"
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 11
Liked a group discussions item created by @cindi-zechman: Civil War Era Hymns
Liked a group discussions item created by @cindi-zechman: Civil War Era Hymns
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 3
Liked a group discussions item created by @alaska-pfeiff: Elizabethan Music for Dulcimer--Randy Wilkinson
Liked a group discussions item created by @alaska-pfeiff: Elizabethan Music for Dulcimer--Randy Wilkinson
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @flint-hill: What makes the Galax dulcimer so appealing?
Liked a group discussions item created by @flint-hill: What makes the Galax dulcimer so appealing?
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 77
Posted a new Comment on Show us your stick dulcimer!:
Posted a new Comment on Show us your stick dulcimer!:
"Soooo... anybody got a new stick dulcimer they'd like to add a picture of here? "
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 13
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-clark: First Workshops
Liked a group discussions item created by @robin-clark: First Workshops
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 41
Liked a group discussions item created by @susie: Little Dulcimer List...What Type Do You Like and Why?
Liked a group discussions item created by @susie: Little Dulcimer List...What Type Do You Like and Why?
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 41
Posted a new Comment on Little Dulcimer List...What Type Do You Like and Why?:
Posted a new Comment on Little Dulcimer List...What Type Do You Like and Why?:
"I consider my two epinette des Vosges instruments to be my 'little dulcimers'. They have 20" and 21" scale lengths (VSL). Both have double melody strings..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Basic Fingerpicking Techniques:
Posted a new Comment on Basic Fingerpicking Techniques:
"Sorry folks, that was my fault- Guy's link url pointed to his video on our site's old platform. My bad for not checking the older link.
I've updated his..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 12
Updated a Group discussion "":
Updated a Group discussion "":
"I did a little video with some real basic concepts on how I fingerpick. Not "the" way to do it of course, just some ideas from my way of playing:Basic..."
Fingerpicking
Fingerpicking
Latest Group Discussions
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Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!
At first glance it might seem an obvious question, but I bet there are...
@Strumelia 2 weeks ago - Comments: 6
Stroke victims use music to help them regain speech
I loved this! SO inspiring:...
@Strumelia 6 months ago - Comments: 1
Test
This is a test discussion- I'm checking something to make sure it works...
@Strumelia 7 months ago - Comments: 10
Strumelia's Traditional noter player's instructional Blog
If you're just starting out and want to play in traditional noter style...
@Strumelia 8 months ago - Comments: 1
Strumelia's Noter Drone beginner's Blog -free tabs, videos
If you're just starting out and want to play in traditional noter style...
@Strumelia 8 months ago - Comments: 0
BEWARE of internet ad sites of "the BEST dulcimers" to buy.
It has recently come to my attention that A**zon has started paying...
@Strumelia 8 months ago - Comments: 17
Ken Hulme's "Get Noterized!" article
Member @ken-hulme wrote this helpful article about noter playing...
@Strumelia 9 months ago - Comments: 2
Ken Hulme's "I Just Got a Dulcimer, Now What?" article
A few years ago, member Ken Hulme wrote an article that helps answer...
@Strumelia 9 months ago - Comments: 3
Finding Harmonies- in a different mode, or in same mode?
Glenda Hubbard wrote this great question: ...one thing I really wanted...
@Strumelia 10 months ago - Comments: 28
Anyone like playing a chromatic with noter & drone style?
I'm just curious as to whether there's anyone out there who likes...
@Strumelia last year - Comments: 1
Icelandic Langspil
Wanted to start a thread on this less commonly seen dulcimer relative...
@Strumelia last year - Comments: 15
Clothes & gear when playing for historical settings
Thought I'd post this here to chatter about what we bring/use/wear when...
@Strumelia 2 years ago - Comments: 19
"Elizabethan Garden" Epinette des Vosges in pear wood
An epinette des Vosges made of all pear wood, custom made for me by...
@Strumelia 2 years ago - Comments: 5
Playing a regular mtn dulcimer with a bow
Here are a couple of old photos showing people playing regular mtn...
@Strumelia 2 years ago - Comments: 4
contact info for Pete Ellertson?
I've noticed that Pete's webpages and also his article on ED are all...
@Strumelia 2 years ago - Comments: 2
How Music can stay with us til the end...
This is a beautiful article about this woman's life and how in the end...
@Strumelia 2 years ago - Comments: 2
earliest known written melody- Syria 1400 BC
Brian turned me on to this- The Oldest known musical melody performed...
@Strumelia 3 years ago - Comments: 9
Don Neuhauser TMB video
Here's a youtube video of Don playing a reproduction Tennessee music...
@Strumelia 3 years ago - Comments: 1
The Joel Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, Appomattox VA
I enjoyed playing the banjo and the bones at this event this past...
@Strumelia 3 years ago - Comments: 8
Great book with sheet music for REAL Civil War era songs
John and Elaine Masciale put together a book with a huge collection of...
@Strumelia 3 years ago - Comments: 4
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AllShow Us Your Pets!
Posted: Friday August 16 2019, 7:34 PM
By: @Lois Sprengnether Keel
By: @Lois Sprengnether Keel
Healthy Living- healthy eating, exercise,...
Posted: Thursday August 15 2019, 2:48 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Tell us about your VERY FIRST dulcimer
Posted: Tuesday August 13 2019, 6:44 PM
By: @Kim Cheng
By: @Kim Cheng
FOTMD's 10th Birthday Pickled Dulcimer...
Posted: Sunday August 4 2019, 6:34 AM
By: @Susie
By: @Susie
FUNNY songs you sing & play on your dulcimer
Posted: Monday July 29 2019, 6:41 PM
By: @Lois Sprengnether Keel
By: @Lois Sprengnether Keel
The Drifting Thread...
Posted: Tuesday July 23 2019, 10:08 PM
By: @Phroedrick
By: @Phroedrick
The Positive Thread...
Posted: Monday July 22 2019, 2:25 PM
By: @Robin Thompson
By: @Robin Thompson
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Posted: Sunday July 21 2019, 4:08 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Showing support for FOTMD ?
Posted: Saturday July 20 2019, 1:45 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Contra dancing :)
Posted: Thursday July 18 2019, 6:53 PM
By: @IRENE
By: @IRENE
Introduce Yourself!
Posted: Thursday July 11 2019, 4:49 PM
By: @Terry Wilson
By: @Terry Wilson
What's your favorite mournful, spooky, or...
Posted: Wednesday June 19 2019, 4:21 PM
By: @LesTate
By: @LesTate
Choose just ONE song for all eternity...
Posted: Sunday June 9 2019, 8:16 AM
By: @hugssandi
By: @hugssandi
Strumelia's mermaid dulcitar 1997 CHEAP! $95
Posted: Sunday April 21 2019, 9:21 PM
By: @hugssandi
By: @hugssandi
a discussion created by admin
Posted: Tuesday March 26 2019, 10:14 AM
By: @Ken Hulme
By: @Ken Hulme
What songs were you taught in...
Posted: Wednesday January 9 2019, 8:57 AM
By: @Jim Yates
By: @Jim Yates
Happy Birthday to Jim Fawcett !
Posted: Sunday January 6 2019, 8:28 AM
By: @Black Dog Bess
By: @Black Dog Bess
MEET THE MODERATORS...
Posted: Tuesday December 25 2018, 11:48 AM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
What did you do on 'Black Friday' (day...
Posted: Sunday November 25 2018, 9:47 AM
By: @Gordo in OZ
By: @Gordo in OZ
How to add an Audio MP3 or Soundcloud clip...
Posted: Saturday November 3 2018, 1:25 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Let's give thanks to our FOTMD Welcome Wagon!
Posted: Tuesday October 23 2018, 5:22 AM
By: @Ariane
By: @Ariane
What Are You Working On?
Posted: Wednesday September 5 2018, 9:09 PM
By: @Jan Potts
By: @Jan Potts
Frame Drums
Posted: Thursday August 9 2018, 6:24 PM
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By: @Eileen
Show us your sound holes!
Posted: Thursday July 19 2018, 8:34 AM
By: @marg
By: @marg
Do you have questions about how the site...
Posted: Wednesday June 6 2018, 10:53 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
PLEASE Click to READ THIS before posting...
Posted: Friday June 1 2018, 9:28 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Dancing!...(feet as instrument)
Posted: Tuesday April 24 2018, 7:42 AM
By: @Terry Wilson
By: @Terry Wilson
Private messaging system questions...?
Posted: Tuesday February 27 2018, 10:52 AM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Sweet Music dulcimer Digest?
Posted: Friday February 23 2018, 5:49 PM
By: @Ken Hulme
By: @Ken Hulme
Folks, do you have pending 'Followers'...
Posted: Wednesday December 13 2017, 5:14 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Comments
07/03/19 11:40:33AM @farmrust:
My email address hasn't changed for 20 years. Must be working because I got a notification today in my email!
01/20/19 03:39:07PM @karel-votanek:
Hallo Strumelia,
es freut mich sehr,dass Du mein Clip angeschaut hast.
Vielen Dank für Dein +
10/24/18 01:41:28PM @dulcinina:
Hi Strumelia, Ithink I upgraded my email. Please re-send your comments to see if they come through. Thanks, Delcinina
09/02/18 12:01:00PM @nigel-caddick:
I hope this is the right box to comment in? Yes Strumelia I saw your comment, thanks. It just seems that when I want to ask a question in the dulcimer builders group, there's no comment box or 'Post new question' type box.
Nige
06/09/18 09:19:52AM @marg:
Morning,
Listening to some of the recent videos & audio recordings this morning before I get ready to go preform at a Senior Tea, I was thinking how beautiful some are.
Had you ever thought of putting some on a CD as a fund raiser? The members already have them recorded, with permission there could be a good number ready to go.
I'm sure many with FOTMD would love to have a collection of dulcimer music from people they know, our members.
Just a thought, something we all would enjoy & a way to help $$ toward FOTMD
05/19/18 09:40:30PM @dulcigirl:
Hi Strumelia ... thank you for the compliment. The dulcimer is a Blue Lion. Winter is my favorite time of year so Janita and I spent quite a bit of time with the design. Janita did the beautiful inlay. She is nothing short of amazing! She aptly named the dulcimer Winter!! The picture does not show the entire winter scene.
05/15/18 08:16:13AM @gerald:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll maybe tweak the review a bit and then post it to that group.
CHeers
05/15/18 07:46:40AM @gerald:
As the app is not mine, and I have no way of knowing what revenues are generated, I have deleted the post. Thanks for your quick response.
Cheers
05/10/18 01:54:35AM @dan-evans:
Hi Strumelia - where and how can I post info about my forthcoming US tour - I have posters and flyers and hyperlinks to blog posts ... ? thnx - Dan
12/12/17 02:30:30PM @robin-clark:
Thanks for the info on notifications. I had no idea I had everything switched off - I thought that after the site migrated we just didn't get email notifications anymore!!!!! I've switched them all to email notification now and I'll see how that goes. Thanks
11/21/17 08:47:00PM @jeffrey-charles-foster:
Strumelia I dont know if I am currently a Patron or not but if I'm not I would like to be reinstated how do I do that?
11/04/17 04:26:03PM @lexie-r-oakley:
Yep Hi my friend, I missed you all.
Just had too much going on and time dealing with my hands.
Doing fine now, going to listen to some tunes and catch up with folks.
11/04/17 04:18:11PM @lexie-r-oakley:
Hi Lisa, I am back! Yay!!!!
Thank you for your help. Hope things are well for you and Brian! 
