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@strumelia
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Play Music On The Porch Day 2019":
Posted a response to "Play Music On The Porch Day 2019":
"Oh my goodness, Ken... that's both wonderful and amazing! Big warm congratulations to you both! "
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to ""Extra" frets and JI vs ET":
Posted a response to ""Extra" frets and JI vs ET":
"I would add that the 1.5 and 8.5 frets come in handy if you play a lot of very old music, such as medieval and renaissance music. I have found that those..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Listing A Dulcimer For Sale":
Posted a response to "Listing A Dulcimer For Sale":
"There is no waiting period for you before you can list a dulcimer for sale- you can do so right now, and posting an item for sale is free. HOWEVER there are..."
@strumelia
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
"Wow @ken-longfield , that is amazing! "
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "dulcimer music books for sale":
Posted a response to "dulcimer music books for sale":
"what a bout your shipping arrangenments and cost? where are you located?"
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 351
Posted a new Comment on @richard-streib:
Posted a new Comment on @richard-streib:
"@Jim-Cadorette - I deleted your dulcimer for sale ad for you. Thanks for your donation. :)"
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuners on Folkcrat instrument are difficult to turn":
Posted a response to "Tuners on Folkcrat instrument are difficult to turn":
"Great advice from both Richard and Ken!
BTW lubricating the gears will not make the tuners less likely to hold tension when tuned. While that might be true..."
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
"Nate:I don't think the difference between 24 and 26.5 is that huge. Long stretches like a 1-2-4 chord might be about 1/2 inch further.
Nate makes a great..."
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
"Something else to keep in mind... assuming you wish to tune both dulcimers to the same key and the same notes on your strings, you may have to use slightly..."
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
Posted a response to "Playing A Longer VSL":
"I'm assuming you mostly play in DAd tuning?Are you able to concentrate more on playing the melody notes without necessarily playing the full chords of the..."
@strumelia
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"I read once about how some of the words, phrases, sentence structures, and pronunciations of what today might be considered to be a "mountain hillbilly" way..."