Group Discussions
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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 years ago - replies: 23
A different all cedar dulcimer
Ed Gaunt's discussion on an all cedar dulcimer inspired me. I am designing a 4 string fingerpicking dulcimer that will get tuned daD D1. The idea...
@Matt Berg started 13 years ago - replies: 11
Butterfingers are not just a Halloween candy.
After getting too much Halloween candy on my fingers (donated by my kids, of course) my latest dulci slipped from my hands and landed bottom...
@Matt Berg started 13 years ago - replies: 5
Fencepost Dulcimer?
I just squared up a cedar fence post from my father-in-law's farm. I was planing to book matcha pair of 1/8" slabs for a topand/or bottom. Has...
@Ed Gaunt started 13 years ago - replies: 36
Finding the volume of a MD body during the build.
Line the body of the dulcimer before final glue up of the top/bottom with plastic, or use a strong bag, and fill with water. Measure the amount of...
@Skip started 13 years ago - replies: 32
Building Baritone Dulcimer
I am in the design stage. What scale length are you guys using, and what is your overall length?
@Jimmy Lamar started 13 years ago - replies: 8
McSpaddin Kit Dulcimers
I've always wanted to try and make a dulcimer, I started a cigar box one a long time ago but never finished it.So the other day I was on Ebay and...
@Dana R. McCall started 13 years ago - replies: 13
Black Hearted Sassafras
with all the things I need to do and finish up you think I would not be looking for a new wood to make a new dulcimer from. But I seen Black...
@phil started 13 years ago - replies: 11
What unusual woods have you tried?
There are several species I prefer to use and i can usually have predictable results each time I work with them. Every now and then I come across...
@Doug Berch started 15 years ago - replies: 24
First Dulcimer - fretting by ear
My good lady had a couple of TV progs she wanted to watch this evening, so I thought I'd take the opportunity of a couple of quiet hours to build...
@Robin Clark started 13 years ago - replies: 22
Prichard Repro.
Hey guys just wanted to share my current build, a C.N.Prichard repro. It is all poplar, and is made from drawings I made of an original. I am...
@Kevin Messenger started 13 years ago - replies: 10
linoleum mountain dulcimer?????
I don't want to offend anyone with this idea ...had a guitar called a danelectro its body was made of this ...also old Sear's Silvertones ...is it...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 13 years ago - replies: 3