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An unusual wood
This is made of Tiger catalpa wood, Its unusual to find it with such grain. It is very light in weight and pretty grainy so it takes more time to...
@Bill Robison started 4 years ago - replies: 4
Sawn-Frame Dulcemore
Somewhere here awhile back, we had a discussion about making dulcimers and other instruments with carved or sawn frames rather than...
@Ken Hulme started 5 years ago - replies: 9
Latest project - Prichard
I started to build a C.N. Prichard reproduction, but made a mistake along the way. When trimming the fiddle edge, I over trimmed a small section...
@Ken Longfield started 5 years ago - replies: 9
Where the fingerboard meets the soundboard
Hello all. I have started making my dulcimers with fingerboards that have a very deep channel on the underside, for extra resonance. I have taken...
@Nate started 5 years ago - replies: 23
Making wood tuning pegs
For those of us who make wood tuning pegs, what finish do you put on your pegs. I have been using shellac, but wonder if there is something better...
@Ken Longfield started 5 years ago - replies: 3
Next Build - Not quite a dulcimer
So, my wife and I went to Gjovik, Norway for the Nordic Harp meet last October and I was introduced to the Langeleik. Got to take lots of photos...
@JCM started 5 years ago - replies: 19
If this is true the Piezo goes on the Bottom?
Athena Tiamet From Benjamin Collie Seymour "actually the back is what vibrates and generates the sound on a dulcimer as the top is separated by...
@Nathina started 5 years ago - replies: 0
What kind of wood
I am totally new at this game. I have plenty of tools and wood working experience . The only wood I have is a lot of red oak ,eastern red cedar...
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 11
guitars built from a lynching tree
I thought this was a fascinating article about this man who seems to connect spiritually with the wood he uses to build musical instruments:...
@Strumelia started 5 years ago - replies: 2
a VERY strange hypothetical
Hello all a very bizarre idea came to my mind and I'd love some input. I was thinking about how if a dulcimer has a false bottom the entire actual...
@Nate started 5 years ago - replies: 19
Humbucker stye pickup...?
Hi all, has anyone put a humbucker style pickup on a dulcimer? If so, would you use one with 3 silver dots (I think they’re called cores?) for a...
@tpatts started 6 years ago - replies: 6
Two more from the workshop
Herewith two more from the workshop. Do I need more instruments? .... probably not but I do enjoy the challenge that each one presents through its...
@Hobbyhorse started 5 years ago - replies: 10
fret wire crown height and width
It seems like most dulcimer builders choose medium crown height and crown width fret wire. Doing some research I see considerable variation...
@larryciesla started 5 years ago - replies: 10
Wood Choice - Food For Thought
I came across this experiment for classical guitars and found it interesting. http://www.leonardo-guitar-research.com Have fun with it. Ken...
@Ken Longfield started 9 years ago - replies: 13
Has anyone made a Scheitholt?
I have a strong interest in Early music and would like to make a version of a Scheitholt as described by Praetorius (#8 in the illustration). I...
@Papageno started 5 years ago - replies: 14
Wood Cupping When Thin
Does anyone have problems with wood cupping when getting thin. I resawed some red oak today down to about a 1/4''. My plan was to edge join it and...
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 8
High strings
Checked my strings tonight and found that at first fret i could get a dime under it but at seventh fret it took a quarter , a nickel and a dime ....
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 4
hollow fret board
Hollow fret board verses solid . Is it worth the trouble ?
@tednms started 5 years ago - replies: 17
Teardrop Dulcimer plans with shorter VSL
I have built 3 dulcimers from kits and I’m working on a 4th one. I want to challenge myself soon to build a teardrop dulcimer from “scratch” but...
@SheilaG started 5 years ago - replies: 6