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@todd-metcalf
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 520
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
"Hi Ken, I had to be away for some time. I appreciated your help here. I noted a David Lynch 4 stringer on Ebay today for around 250.00 . Is that a decent..."
@nate
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"I like oil best for tone and look, and polyurethane best for durability. I think that using oil allows the wood to stay hydrated rather than being sealed in,..."
@jack-m
• 7 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"Ken Longfield:
I've made dulcimers and used lots of different finishes. I started out over 50 years ago using violin varnish. I used that on three or four..."
@jack-m
• 7 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"Dusty Turtle:
Ken (and everyone else), when you express your preferences, are you basing that on how it is to work with the product, how it looks on the..."
@richard-streib
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @deniseelliott:
Posted a new Comment on @deniseelliott:
"Glad you joined Denise Elliott. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Best wishes as you learn to play the dulcimer. Please let us know if you have..."
@richard-streib
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"Common sense indicates that a thick or more rigid type (plastic-like) of finish might could change the sound. But is the human ear able to detect such..."
@dusty
• 10 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"Ken (and everyone else), when you express your preferences, are you basing that on how it is to work with the product, how it looks on the finished..."
@ken-longfield
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"I've made dulcimers and used lots of different finishes. I started out over 50 years ago using violin varnish. I used that on three or four dulcimers. Next I..."
@richard-streib
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"I don't build dulcimers, but do some other wood working. I really like a hand rubbed oil finish. With as many coats of oil rubbed well into the wood as it..."
@homer-ross
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 15
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen - Two Mountain Dulcimers (Celtic)
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen - Two Mountain Dulcimers (Celtic)
@homer-ross
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 22
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: The Blackthorn (An Droighneán Donn) -- Fingerpicked Mountain Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: The Blackthorn (An Droighneán Donn) -- Fingerpicked Mountain Dulcimer
@jack-m
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 7
Created a new Group discussion "What's your favorite finish ?":
Created a new Group discussion "What's your favorite finish ?":
"Finishes are my latest concern and don't want to get into spray finishes if I can avoid it. The back and sides will be walnut with a Port Orford cedar top..."
Dulcimer Making
Dulcimer Making
@davisjames
• 15 hours ago
• comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Crawdad Song
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Crawdad Song
@carol-h
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 22
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: The Blackthorn (An Droighneán Donn) -- Fingerpicked Mountain Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: The Blackthorn (An Droighneán Donn) -- Fingerpicked Mountain Dulcimer
@carol-h
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 15
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen - Two Mountain Dulcimers (Celtic)
Liked a youtube item created by @guy-babusek: Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen - Two Mountain Dulcimers (Celtic)
@marko
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Nate:
I do like adding strings to the low end of my dulcimers and recently have been having a lot of fun with D2 A2 D3 A3 D4, but on a 4 string dulcimer I..."
@wally-venable
• 22 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"My 6-string conversion of an old Korean dulcimer has a "dropped" A on the middle set and a "raised" D on the base set. Otherwise it has the common, original,..."
@barnjam
• 22 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@nate Thanks! Yes, that is correct on the string configuration. I'm hooked on that drop D for droning...really reminds me of a bagpipe.
I'm not familiar with..."
@nate
• yesterday
• comments: 17
Posted a new Comment on Do you have more trouble with your right hand, or left?:
Posted a new Comment on Do you have more trouble with your right hand, or left?:
"This old thread is very insightful. I've always had a much easier time with my strumming hand than my fretting hand. With about six years of practice, my..."
@nate
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Talking about bones and harmonica, I thought you might enjoy this performance by Willi Carlisle, if you haven't seen it before."
@nate
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"barnjam:
Do you like the drop D drone? Does anyone else use a drop D string?
It sounds great. Am I understanding you correctly that the dulcimer has 4..."
@john-petry
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Signed @deniseelliott's Guestbook:
Signed @deniseelliott's Guestbook:
"John Petry aka Barnshopper aka HarpsNThings aka Pet Tree Music"
@ken-longfield
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @deniseelliott:
Posted a new Comment on @deniseelliott:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Denise. It's good to have you aboard. I'm glad you want to learn to play the mountain dulcimer. It is a wonderful instrument. Let know if..."
@barnjam
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I'd like to thank each of you for your great ideas, tips and advice. Rather than purchase another dulcimer, I decided to experiment with my 8-String Milford..."
@nate
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Whoops, I did notice that they were bones and still typed spoons for some reason lol. Similar, but still quite different. Either way, sounds like a cool..."
@barnjam
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@nate Thank you. It’s a wonderful group of folks and we have a great time playing together. The famous Dom Flemons, The American Songster, is from Phoenix..."
@nate
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Looks like a lot of fun. I see that you are playing harmonica and spoons at the same time, which is no small feat, and the result is great.Cool to see so..."
@barnjam
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I learned Sal’s from the Phoenix Old Time Music Society. Here are three recordings we’ve done with various instruments and tempos, if you’re interested in..."
@barnjam
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Yes, that is exactly right. That makes sense that the open D string would sound “better” than the fretted D on the A string. I like low action on the melody..."
@strumelia
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Are you saying that you like the tone of the melody string when it plays the tonic D note on the open string?... as opposed to the melody string tuned to A..."
@barnjam
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@strumelia Thanks for that tip. I can see how the noter would fit more easily between close frets. I like the speed and tactile feel I get from my bare..."