Group Discussions
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
Number 173 finished
Black Walnut is perhaps my favorite wood, a little curl makes it really special.
@WildMeadow started 6 years ago - replies: 3
2nd dulcimer build custom cardboard
I hope folks don't mind me posting my cardboard builds here, some may look down on them compared to all the Fine solid wood instruments out...
@Hunterdude started 5 years ago - replies: 38
First dulcimer
Hello folks. During this period of lockdown I’ve busied myself making a tear drop dulcimer. Things are progressing fairly well considering my lack...
@clwydianrange started 5 years ago - replies: 3
"scheitholt" good plans available?
Well...I hope it not bad form to post this question in a "dulcimer" forum...I got the bug to build simple dulcimers and during my research...
@Hunterdude started 5 years ago - replies: 26
the "door dulcimer" ?!?!?!?
I'm always trying to dig around and look for ideas that might inspire some creativity, and this one was VERY intriguing. On some blog discussing...
@Nate started 5 years ago - replies: 3
Old Folkcraft kit
I am building a dulcimer from an old Folkcraft kit. This is my third kit to put together and I’ve never built from a Folkcraft kit. Anyway, the top...
@SheilaG started 5 years ago - replies: 4
Favorite Bridge and Nut Material?
I made these out of cow bone and avoided the bad smell by working the bone with hand tools to avoid overheating.....installed on my Backyard...
@Hunterdude started 5 years ago - replies: 23
Another "Not A Dulcimer" Build
In collaboration with a Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland professor of Musicology, I am re-creating a "lost" Celtic instrument, called a Tiompan,...
@Ken Hulme started 5 years ago - replies: 6
Tuners
Steinburger 40:1 locking tuners or Planet waves 18:1 locking with auto trim. Okay, technical question, if you had to choose between the...
@Paula Brawdy started 5 years ago - replies: 8
A bit of humor for builders & Aussies
The caption on this was "I just can't cut this board. It keeps staring at me." Don't ever plan to build a dulcimer, but builders & Aussies...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 5 years ago - replies: 4
Sound hole areas
Does anyone have reference to studies reguarding soundhole size and location for dulcimers?
@Bill Robison started 5 years ago - replies: 4
Dulcimer Builder’s Books and References
Discussion and review on books, manuals, references and other forms publications on mountain dulcimer building
@Appalachiandreamer started 5 years ago - replies: 18
Current build
Here are some photos as I near the completion of this project. The dulcimer body is made of Paduk which my luthier friend gave me. He is making two...
@Ken Longfield started 5 years ago - replies: 15
Next Dulcimer Completed
Dulcimer #4 finally completed. Made from re-purposed wood. Peghead, tailblock, fretboard, back and sides are cherry from a broken table I found...
@JCM started 5 years ago - replies: 10
Making sound holes
I'm new to fotmd and also this group. My first dulcimer is a Cripple Creek Dulcimer kit that has sat in its box in the basement for too many years....
@desnewbie started 5 years ago - replies: 6