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@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @eh:

"Welcome to FOTMD, EH. It's good to have you aboard. Feel free to ask you questions and we will try to answer them. You will find many helpful folks here. I..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":

"Sounds like a fun time. It certainly brings back memories watching the Sam the Sham video. Although we have a small coffee shop in our town, it is not much..."

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":

"Yesterday my husband suggested we go to a hip coffee place that recently opened in our village. They also sell old vinyl records. Lots of millenniums and..."

@phil-myers • one month ago • comments: 3
Liked a photos item created by @nate: 1000003677

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Current Set:

"Thank you very much for the kind words Robin and Ken"

@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @eh:

"Welcome EH to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad that you have joined. Since your interest is in noter drone style you may consider joining the Old Style..."

@davisjames • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @nathina: Hammered Dulcimer EXR

@ianhr • 2 months ago

@ianhr is now following @dusty

@gerardo1000 • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "2024 Folkroots dulcimer hand made by Folkcraft. $890.00.":

"Price reduced to $890! Thank you for your attention."

@mick-mclaughlin • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Hi Nate, appreciate your comments about my oddball find. Yes I do still play dulcimer. Never been a good player but like the nice feeling it's sound gives...."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hammered Dulcimer EXR":

"Great story, Jim. Thanks for sharing it with us. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hammered Dulcimer EXR":

"That's an awesome story Jim. Thanks for taking the time to share it."

@jim-yates • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hammered Dulcimer EXR":

"When I was hitchhiking in Ireland in the late sixties, I was picked up by this guy and taken to a fleadh cheoil in New Ross. When I got into the car..."

@jim-yates • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Balalaika, the most Russianist of Russian instruments":

"My brother Bob has a yard sale balalaika that he got a few decades ago. Since he had no idea how to play or tune it and he got it before everyone had..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:

"There are too many words for tuning pegs lol. Pegs, machines, gears, tuners, heads, tensioners, knobs, etc. Meanwhile, "pegs" could also mean anchoring..."

@bernadette • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:

"NateBuildsToys: Bernadette: The good news is that you can play with three strings. I have a three string dulcimer. I use a clip on KLIQ Uber Tuner on using..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:

"Bernadette: The good news is that you can play with three strings. I have a three string dulcimer. I use a clip on KLIQ Uber Tuner on using the chromatic..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Mick McLaughlin: I was never convinced about any heritage as a mountain dulcimer. I believe to was better related to some of the dulcimers European cousins..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"I have heard, and tend to generally accept similar things. I almost never play in the second octave unless it's with a noter, and the frets have to be so..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"@nate, I've seen well known luthiers do that in the past... only adding extra frets on the first octave, when building a new dulcimer. Like you, I thought it..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Kind of funny to see the 1.5 and 3.5 on the first octave, but no 1.5 fret on the second octave (8.5 fret). It makes me wonder if the extra frets were added..."

@mick-mclaughlin • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Hi @jim-yates thanks for post. I puzzled for quite a time over that instrument. Finally I concluded that it was definitely homemade despite some fine..."

@john-c-knopf • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"That looks almost like a full-chromatic fret pattern. It would be hard for me to play without the more familiar diatonic pattern. Hope you can have some..."

@jim-yates • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Sorry, I see there is no edit option. My second paragraph should have been:Traditional dulcimers are fretted diatonically. If "W" is "whole tone" and "H"..."

@jim-yates • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"It's a little late to be adding to this thread, but I was surprised that no one had mentioned the way Mick's dulcimer is fretted.Traditional dulcimers are..."

@steve-c • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wanted: info on my dulcimer":

"You might find help with this group as well..."

@steve-c • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Anyone here from UK?":

"This might be of interest to you:..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:

"I have a Musical Traditions dulcimer similar to yours. The tuners are made by Grover and most likely are ukulele tuners. They are friction tuners. You..."

@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on @sal-monella:

"These tuning machines use a fiber washer or a pair sometimes. The fiber over the years will deteriorate and no longer hold the tune as well. So replacement..."

@orvilina • 2 months ago • comments: 582
Posted a new Comment on @benjamin-w-barr-jr:

"Thanks for your greetings Ben! Happy new year"

@orvilina • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Anyone here from UK?":

"I'm Scotland based and whilst there's an awful lot of cool spots for folk, I rarely find a place where I come across a dulcimer and wow do I miss that sound..."

@john-petry • 2 months ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on @sal-monella:

"Took you a screen shot of an Amazon offering...E-bay has some individual Grover tuners, and used tuners as well... I can't tell from your picture what..."

@bernadette • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:

"I am a novice, so I want to follow and see what others say. I also want to get back to learning my instrument. But I will share what I know or what I do and..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @ricco:

"Hi Ricco, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer,..."

@jonnyd • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wanted: info on my dulcimer":

"Thanks everyone for your generous responses!"

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