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@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"Also, if you were to get a nut of a different thickness, which I don't recommend until you understand the instrument better, the most important thing is that..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"ggray: Is there an optimum spacing for the two melody strings, or at least a minimum spacing that would avoid the strings vibrating and touching each other?..."

@ggray • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"Thanks for the info and Merry Christmas!"

@robin-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @randy-adams: Psalmodicon Noter City

@randy-adams • 2 months ago • comments: 3

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Psalmodicon Noter City

@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on 2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV):

"Applications for performance slots are now open. There is a registration form accessible via..."

@john-c-knopf • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"I've used Franklin Titebond wood glue for years and am happy with it, I can heat a bad joint and pop it open quite easily if needed. And it's quite strong..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"I have a video from McSpadden produced in the mid 1970s where Lynn McSpadden says that used aliphatic resin glue in building his dulcimers. This is what I..."

@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 493
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:

"Virtually any lap dulcimer can be strung with the common package sets for either DAA or DAD. Typically plain Steel .012, .012, .014, Nickel Wound .022. I'm..."

@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"Ken Longfield said "Back in 1974 I would guess that McSpadden recommended using a wood glue like Original Titebond or Elmer's Wood Glue." I would agree as..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"Back in 1974 I would guess that McSpadden recommended using a wood glue like Original Titebond or Elmer's Wood Glue. As John says, they'd only have a drop or..."

@john-c-knopf • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"I'd guess the McSpaddens used wood glue for assembly. I don't think super glue was "a thing" way back then. If the nut and bridge were glued in the..."

@strumelia • 3 months ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on @linda-riddle:

"Greetings Linda! Thank you so much for donating to help keep our site running. And thank you for being a member since 2009, since the very beginning! "

@ggray • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"Thanks for these ideas! After Christmas I will probably try replacing the bridge and nut. Did the 1974 McSpadden kits use wood glue or super glue? Will..."

@roger-casey • 3 months ago • comments: 493
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:

"Thanks, Ken. I think you solved the middle string as being a 0.014 gauge, the "A" string. So, if I wanted to buy strings to restring the instrument for D A D..."

@richard-streib • 3 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on @roger-casey:

"Glad you joined Roger Casey. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. This is a great community with lots of information. Let us know of you have questions."

@davisjames • 3 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Y Delyn Aur:

"That's brilliant,Beth.The recording by the choir....I grew up in the United church in Canada,an amalgam of various Methodists and Presbyterians.Seems to me..."

@ken-longfield • 3 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on @roger-casey:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Roger. It's good to have you aboard. From your profile I gather that you have a five string dulcimer. A 0.014 is typical for an A string on..."

@ken-longfield • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":

"I agree with John on the 1/8" spacing. Any closer and you are sure to have problems. Depending upon the glue used your should be able to remove the bridge..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 3 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @themusicaldabbler:

"Hi Dabbler, 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..."

@leo-kretzner • 5 months ago • comments: 29

https://fotmd.com/leo-kretzner/group_discuss/3219/https://fotmd.com/leo-kretzner/group_discuss/3219/a-scheitholt-with-no-first-fret

@deborah-on-the-hudson • 8 months ago • comments: 8

https://fotmd.com/deborah-on-the-hudson/group_discuss/3209/https://fotmd.com/deborah-on-the-hudson/group_discuss/3209/does-anyone-know-of-robertj-anderson

@john-w-mckinstry • 2 years ago • comments: 1

Thanks Dusty Turtle, The words and music make me feel like I am at a classic
cowboy movie of my youth and are very nostalgic. I will be glad to share my version of the song within the month. Thanks again,John.

https://fotmd.com/john-w-mckinstry/group_discuss/3135/https://fotmd.com/john-w-mckinstry/group_discuss/3135/spanish-is-a-loving-tongue

@cynthia-wigington • 5 years ago • comments: 0

There is a very positive first aid initiative in this country called "Stop the Bleed". Bleeding from trauma is the 2nd major cause of death in this country. Anyone can take these courses as it's pretty straight forward. As a longtime EMT who was on our rural first aid squad for a decade, I am so thrilled we are doing this in the US. Our local fire department gives the courses, free.

https://fotmd.com/strumelia/forum/11758/the-positive-thread

@carla-maxwell • 5 years ago • comments: 0

Lucy Wise will be one of the instructors at the Australian Dulcimer Retreat at Tasma House and Gardens, August 28-30, 2020. She's a lovely person and a VERY talented musician.

https://fotmd.com/robin-thompson/forum/36813/lucy-wise-walking-out

@oldmdpicker • 6 years ago • comments: 2

https://fotmd.com/oldmdpicker/group_discuss/2738/https://fotmd.com/oldmdpicker/group_discuss/2738/possum-board-revisited

@wildmeadow • 6 years ago • comments: 1

https://fotmd.com/wildmeadow/group_discuss/2723/https://fotmd.com/wildmeadow/group_discuss/2723/how-is-that-cherry

@steve-eulberg • 6 years ago • comments: 1

Can't wait to teach here again...(Blues in A on DAd-tuned instrument) AND (2) Hammered Dulcimer classes.

https://fotmd.com/dusty/event/218/https://fotmd.com/dusty/event/218/redwood-dulcimer-day-2024-online

@vlillik • 6 years ago • comments: 0

Hey, this sounds great 😀
I think my neighbours laugh though!

https://fotmd.com/robin-thompson/forum/33985/play-music-on-the-porch-day-2019

@sam-edelston • 6 years ago • comments: 0

Happy New Year to my friends and followers on FOTMD. Let there be peace on earth - outer space isn't a good alternative yet.

If everyone played dulcimers, we could all live in harmony.

Sam Edelston

https://fotmd.com/sam-edelston/group_discuss/2334/https://fotmd.com/sam-edelston/group_discuss/2334/chromatic-dulcimer-david-bowies-space-oddity

@jim-soltis • 7 years ago • comments: 13

https://fotmd.com/jim-soltis/group_discuss/2285/https://fotmd.com/jim-soltis/group_discuss/2285/hand-turned-noters

@dan • 7 years ago • comments: 5

Good stuff! No, great stuff!!!

https://fotmd.com/strumelia/group_discuss/1872/https://fotmd.com/strumelia/group_discuss/1872/from-appalshop-a-wonderful-interview-with-jean-ritchie

@sam-edelston • 7 years ago • comments: 4

https://fotmd.com/sam-edelston/group_discuss/2274/https://fotmd.com/sam-edelston/group_discuss/2274/gilbert-sullivan-patter-song-from-hms-pinafore

@elvensong • 7 years ago • comments: 3

Seeing Aaron O'Rourke, Janita Baker and Karen Mueller play makes me feel like I'm playing my dulcimer with a ball peen hammer. lol

https://fotmd.com/elvensong/group_discuss/2203/https://fotmd.com/elvensong/group_discuss/2203/menucha-dulcimer-gathering-corbett-or

@cat-brown • 8 years ago • comments: 7

Rosin the Bow!

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Rosin the Bow!