Group Discussions
Position markers on chromatic dulcimer
I have noticed there are many different opinions where to place position markers on the chromatic dulcimer. I am at a critical point of placing...
@Laura Bell started 12 years ago - replies: 5
First dulcimer build for me/Cardboard kit
I joined this group a while back because Jennifer made an awesome dulcimer with a kit and I had to comment on it. Then I felt obligated to try to...
@Patty from Virginia started 13 years ago - replies: 16
Bocote Dulcimer
Finished my latest "baby" It's a shorty: 20.25 VSL. Bocote sides and bottom, curly maple top, cherry fingerboard, ebony nut and bridge. 24/18/14...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 4
Dulcimer that changes its tuning
I purchased a dulcimer that has a fantastic voice, but after I tune it sounds like it goes out of tune after being tuned. Also, the other weird...
@Laura Bell started 12 years ago - replies: 20
Sound posts or not
It could have been that in my dreams that I read, you would never use sound posts like the ones employed in violins when making MD's Now I have two...
@Alan Thompson started 15 years ago - replies: 16
Need Help With Top Plates
New builderhaving much frustration trying to true my plates for the top. I made a shooting board, clamped my sitka spruce and began with a block...
@Jimmy Lamar started 12 years ago - replies: 6
Retro-fitting a pick up
I am interested in adding a pick up to one of my dulcimers. Is it a do-it-yourself job or does it should it be done by a professional?
@hehsr04@live.com started 12 years ago - replies: 5
Not a Mountain Dulcimer
A few folks here at FOTMD know that I was working on a hammered dulcimer and wanted to see pictures of the finished product. It is a gift for my...
@Ken Longfield started 12 years ago - replies: 9
String view from INSIDE the soundhole!
Too bad my dulcimer doesn't have a sound hole below my strings, or I'd definitely try this!...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 1
$25 Box Dulcimer For First Time Builders
Here's a link to an article written by Dave-M from Phoenix, AZ several years back. He gives clear instructions on making a box type dulcimer using...
@Ken Hulme started 14 years ago - replies: 19
Purple heart for back and sides
Can anyone tell me how purple heart would be for the back and sides of a teardrop dulcimer? Or maybe just the sides? Would use curly maple or...
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 13 years ago - replies: 9
Teak Oil on softwood
A friend gave me some teak oil he wasn't going to use. I've tried it on some finished and unfinished pieces and am generally pleased with the...
@Matt Berg started 12 years ago - replies: 1
Bocote Dulcimer
Started in earnest on my next build: Bocote sides and bottom with curly maple top ( http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/photo/albums/bocote-dulcimer...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 6
Stringing A TMB Correctly
I just finished this new Tennessee music box for one of themembers here, and was fighting with the attachment of the string ends to the scew eye...
@John C. Knopf started 12 years ago - replies: 4
Another Tennessee Music Box Instructions
I float around this site called instructables .....sometimes folks there post guides to help build different instruments...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 12 years ago - replies: 2
Senior Moment
I am seriously preparing to start building again.I have restocked on fretwire and machine tuners and checked on my wood storeI even changed my...
@Dave Ismay started 12 years ago - replies: 5
Tom Horton
I recently purchased a dulcimer supposedly crafted by Tom Horton. I haven't received the instrument yest, but I am curious to know if anyone is...
@hehsr04@live.com started 12 years ago - replies: 1
Dulci Can 4H Instrument Project
I actually completed my first build of a dulci-can or canjo yesterday. I have to say it was partially assembled. I needed to add some rubber bands...
@Patty from Virginia started 13 years ago - replies: 6
In the making
Showing the grain in the back (poplar). Top is sitka spruce from Stew-Mac. Very disappointed in the spruce this time. It's VERY soft with very...
@Sam started 12 years ago - replies: 12
(Belated) Happy New Year!
With all the talk about New Years resolutions involving losing weight, I got thinking about how much my dulcimers weigh. I currently own 18.4 lbs...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 3