Group Discussions
Ban-jammer build questions
I am currently in the process of constructing a ban-jammer in the pattern of the Clemmer model. I was just wondering if anyone that had experience...
@Collier Frederick started 7 years ago - replies: 7
Hickory Haven Dulcimers - So, a Hickory Build
Our residence, located in the country, is called Hickory Haven. A local lumber mill which produces 2" x 2" x 48" billets for making tool...
@Kusani started 7 years ago - replies: 6
Relative bridge location to Tailpiece block
I have about 80 dulcimers that I have built, and recently run into a "situation " that has me rethinking some of my ideas. The las dulcimer I...
@Bill Robison started 7 years ago - replies: 9
optimum wood thickness
what do you as builders prefer the wood thickness to be on your dulcimers? I realize the type of wood and the grain has some bearing on it
@Bill Robison started 7 years ago - replies: 3
Bocs Cân Idris – A new traditional instrument!
I'm running a fretted zither making project at present in our village and have around half a dozen local folks designing...
@Robin Clark started 7 years ago - replies: 24
Clamps for building
I want some suggestions for clamps for dulcimer building...where to buy them, how many dnd which ones
@Lorraine started 7 years ago - replies: 12
"Glory" in all her glory
Now heading for Durango is "Glory", a Melton-style Galax dulcimer made of cherry.
@John C. Knopf started 7 years ago - replies: 10
First Cedar Build
I have used cedar before for the soundboard, but this is the first time I have used it for all parts; with the exception of adding African...
@Kusani started 7 years ago - replies: 1
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