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$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 13 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 12 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 12 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 11 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 11 years ago - replies: 3
A question about strings and placement
I am fairly new to the building process of dulcimers. I have built 6 stick dulcimers and I am gearing up for a mountain dulcimer in a couple of...
@Bradford Jennings started 12 years ago - replies: 5
Location of Fret Markers
Although I've made a dozen or so dulcimers, I've been asked only once to place fret markers on the fingerboard. There seems to be more than one...
@Jim Kirkwood started 12 years ago - replies: 4
Merry Christmas!
Decided to use up some of my cedar and cherry wood scraps and make some ornaments.
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 4
FOTMD on KETR with Jack, Karen and Carrie
Our friends Jack and Karen Keane and Carrie Barnes are interviewed on Texas radio station KETR! FOTMD is mentioned during the interview and the...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 0
20 Dulcimers
Lee Cagle compares 20 different dulcimers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ETbULTtBgZ0 She kinda strangles the...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 3
My "Noah's ark" dulcimer
Here are some photos of the "Noah's Ark" dulcimer I just finished. It's patterned after the ark built by Noah in Genesis 6:14, ff. The scale is...
@John C. Knopf started 12 years ago - replies: 13
Sitka Spruce Sources
Fellow builders I am not sure that all, or even most builders know that the coveted, Sitka Spruce, is also highly sought after by certain...
@Jon Timlin started 12 years ago - replies: 3
Corian and other countertop materials
In Jon Timlin's post and in others, I have seen references to using Corian and other faux countertop stone materials for nuts and bridges. I have a...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 3
-First Build
Thanks again to all of you who have welcomed me to this wonderful resource. I'm Jon Timlin from Florida and about to start my first dulcimer...
@Jon Timlin started 12 years ago - replies: 23