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@cottage-timbre
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"John- If it has a slide it isn't an IRISH whistle anymore. :)"
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"So moving on...."reasons NOT to put a slide on an Irish Whistle"........."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"My musical background and approach to the instrument are, I think, pretty different from others in this group. One thing I find impressive is how nice and..."
@brudar
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Randy Adams:..."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I personally think it's great to discuss our opinions on dulcimers- whether we're discussing labeling semantics and definitions, or traditional vs modern, or..."
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Curmudgeonly:
like or characteristic of a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person........
I don't think anyone here is implying anything other than..."
@cottage-timbre
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Lisa, I can be curmudgeonly too. But I'll try not to be offended.
The motives of definition have nothing to do with keeping people out or keeping the "club"..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
"Thank you so much. New album dropping shortly."
@brudar
• one month ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
"Hi Alex. I followed your post under the Why Not a Chromatic Dulcimer thread to your Youtube piece and then found your albums on my Tidal streaming service...."
@randy-adams
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I'd like to mention that the boys over at
TTAD- The Traditional Appalachian Dulcimore
accept me as one of their own and I so appreciate it. I've posted..."
@robin-thompson
• one month ago
• comments: 15
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
"Hey, Jamie @davisjames -- we're happy you like it! I had to listen to the track to remind myself what I'd posted. I play it a bit differently now and have..."
@randy-adams
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"..."
@lisa-golladay
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Hi everybody! Over the past three years I've grown older and more curmudgeonly so I'm jumping back into the discussion to say this: We need to get real. It..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Thanks, Randy. That's actually one of the easier listening pieces in the set. There are some that folks may find scary, as I use some tunings that invite..."
@randy-adams
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I listened Alex. Not easy listening! But you're right your playing is a good reason not to buy a chromofone you got it all right there."
@randy-adams
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"If a few people would post a audio or video of themselves playing a chromaphone that might be a reason not to buy a chtomadic : )"
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"It seems we can all agree that the etymology of the word "dulcimer" relates to sweetness, but etymological origins have only a limited relationship to the..."
@brudar
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"John Pettreemusic:
Perhaps "dulcimer" is a state of being........
I bow before thee. "
@steve-c
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"“Perhaps "dulcimer" is a state of being“John P. Now that is funny….😂"
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Perhaps "dulcimer" is a state of being........"
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"....and Strum a lay lees"
@steve-c
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Well, if the word dulcimer definition means nothing in regard to the instruments name, then we have a real puzzle on our hands. First what does the word mean..."
@davisjames
• one month ago
• comments: 15
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
"This sounds like 3.A.M. car/truck radio,fades in and out...you turn the dial,can't get it again...and sit back,thinking,"What the heck was..."
@cottage-timbre
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Brudar,
"it seems the only characteristic that all share is that the melody string faces the player while the bass strings faces the audience. "
Except for..."
@brudar
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Wow, amazing this thread is still alive after 3 years! With all the discussion of what a “real” dulcimer is in the face of discontinuous fretboards and..."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Cottage Timbre: And so, in good humor, and with the best goodwill I will point out that a "sweet sound" is a poor defining characteristic. Many types of..."
@marko
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Thanks to Alex for bringing this thread back to the original topic, with some compelling reasons for not getting a chromatic. Although I am capable of..."
@cottage-timbre
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Ha! I'm in Alaska. I can't blame the heat!"
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
" "In fact, I know some people who do not find the dulcimer very sweet sounding."................
What a collection of wretched souls they must be.....You..."
@cottage-timbre
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I gave this a couple of days to see who would chime in, and looks like (at least among those who bothered) I am decidedly in the minority! And yet I am..."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
"You're welcome. If you need any help with the replacement let me know. I've done it many times.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@notsothoreau
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
"These are geared tuners, so I think I may just replace them. Will probably pick up a replacement bridge and nut too. It was well loved and modified. I figure..."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
Posted a response to "When to replace tuners":
"If the screw has bottomed out you can place a washer between the wall of the peg head and the shaft of the peg to increase the distance the screw travels...."
@notsothoreau
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "When to replace tuners":
Created a new forum topic "When to replace tuners":
"I have a 1977 Dulcimer Shoppe kit dulcimer. When I got it, it wouldn't stay in tune because the tuners wouldn't hold when tightened. I found out how to..."