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Suggestions for fixing a fretboard
Hello again! I ran into several problems while making the fretboard for my dulcimer: 1) I had some trouble fretting it. The fret saw I ordered...
@haleymuse started 7 years ago - replies: 11
Mercer Museum Zither Replica
So... awhile back I was looking at pix of 'transitional' dulcimers' on the Internet -- instruments half way between the ancestral no-fretboard...
@Ken Hulme started 7 years ago - replies: 48
The Ugly Dulcimer - A Story
Somewhere and at sometime someone decided to build a mountain dulcimer kit. I imagine that the kit was ordered with the expectation of building a...
@Ken Longfield started 7 years ago - replies: 8
Dulcimer nut and bridge
Hello again! I am working on the fretboard for my dulcimer and I had a few questions about the nut and bridge. 1) Should the dulcimer nut and...
@haleymuse started 7 years ago - replies: 5
Question about making dulcimer soundboard
Hello, I have just started making the soundboard of my dulcimer out of a solid piece of butternut and I had a few questions. 1) Is there an...
@haleymuse started 7 years ago - replies: 12
My 169th dulcimer
Pleased with this one, top is curly white ash, the back and sides curly walnut. Has a nice bright sound!
@Dale A Penrose started 7 years ago - replies: 15
Student Dulcimers - Lots of them!!!!
I was asked to run the mountain dulcimer workshops at Shrewsbury Folk Festival again this year. I expected we'd have about 30 novice players...
@Robin Clark started 8 years ago - replies: 11
Rebuilds
One thing I have wondered about is refurbishing old dulcimers, or especially rebuilding/upgrading student model dulcimers. I know guitarists do it...
@YeahSureOK started 7 years ago - replies: 8
Latest Build
Commissioned piece going to Virginia. Walnut sides and bottom with curly maple top. Maple fretboard with African Blackwood overlay. This is...
@Kusani started 7 years ago - replies: 4
Cedar dulcimer
Has anyone ever built a dulcimer from cedar (the kind of cedar you can get from Home Depot and Lowe's)? I've been thinking about trying that....
@Bert Bennett started 7 years ago - replies: 6
New Body
Here's a new body I made for a student's cardboard dulcimer. Butternut top & back and maple sides. Materials cost about $15, not counting...
@Ken Hulme started 7 years ago - replies: 7
Melton Galax just finished!
Here's the latest cherry, spruce and maple Melton Galax dulcimer from my shop. Hope you like it!
@John C. Knopf started 7 years ago - replies: 10
Unusual dulcimer bridge
I was gifted with the very old traditional dulcimer. it has a very unusual bridge on it I've never seen one like it. The bass string is a little...
@Glenda Hubbard started 7 years ago - replies: 10
Making dulcimer end blocks
Hello, I am about to make the end blocks for my dulcimer. The two end block designs I have seen are those with slots cut into them to fit the...
@haleymuse started 7 years ago - replies: 10
Aromatic Cedar Dulcimer
Recently finished this aromatic cedar dulcimer. African Blackwood was laminated on top of the fretboard and headstock. It will be donated to a...
@Kusani started 7 years ago - replies: 5
Finishing Question
Has anyone had success with applying Minwax Wipe-On Poly over Formby's Tung Oil Finish? I love the oil finish but wish to provide abit more...
@Sheryl St. Clare started 7 years ago - replies: 6
Staining wood?
Hi friends! I am at the point in my new project to think about how I want to finish this dulcimer; The top is maple, with the rest cherry. I think...
@Bob started 9 years ago - replies: 9
Wood thickness for box dulcimer?
Simple newbie question. I'm planning to try my hand at making my first box dulcimer. What is the best wood thickness to go with?
@YeahSureOK started 7 years ago - replies: 4
Where to buy wood for building dulcimers?
Hello, I live in Montreal, Canada and I am trying to build a mountain dulcimer. My local lumberyard doesn’t sell any 1/8inch thick wood and told...
@haleymuse started 7 years ago - replies: 8