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@wally-venable • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:

"I never saw Gainer, although I became aware of his presence on campus soon after I arrived here in 1964. He played an important part in Mountaineer Week..."

@alex-lubet • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:

"Thanks. Much more (including a few other instruments) on most of the major streaming services and a new album (with operatic mezzo soprano Victoria Vargas)..."

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolan:

"Lovely, Steve! thanks Robin, I appreciate your kind words."

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @steve-c: Fanny Power by O'Carolan

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Looking at a closeup of that mystery empty fret slot... My thoughts:A good luthier would never have put that extremely misplaced slot there in the first..."

@steve-c • one month ago • comments: 6

Updated a YouTube Video:
Fanny Power by O'Carolan

@steve-c • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolyn:

"Cindy Stammich: Well this may be a simple version but it sure is pretty! I like the “pinch” it works well with this song. You say it’s fun to play - I say..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @steve-c: Fanny Power by O'Carolan

@cindy-stammich • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolyn:

"Well this may be a simple version but it sure is pretty! I like the “pinch” it works well with this song. You say it’s fun to play - I say it’s fun to..."

@cindy-stammich • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Home On the Range:

"This was so much fun! The Macon County Farmers Market just got better 🎶😊👏. Thank you for sharing!"

@cindy-stammich • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Hi Jonathan,I am not going to be any help as far as your questions. I just want to wish you all the best in your new adventure! I have a dulcimer that my..."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"You're correct. Strothers said 0.020", 0.010" and 0.013". To be sure, I just ordered an assortment so that I'm sure to have something that feels and sounds..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":

"I agree with Strumelia that 27" is pretty much "the normal/standard range for a dulcimer." If you haven't already done so, you might check out this site:..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Twenty-seven inches is my favorite VSL. I use 28.5 inches on dulcimers for noter playing. I think if you do the calculations on the Strothers calculator they..."

@lilley-pad • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":

"I have never heard of a tenor dulcimer. But what do I know. Is this instrument just a standard Starsong Dulcimer?"

@phil-myers • one month ago • comments: 2

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Home On the Range

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Here are better photos. Just ignore the bath mat... That's the best light in this old house! Also, the distance from bridge to nut is exactly 27". Jonathan"

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:

"@davisjames I'm glad you found it "ear-tickling"! I had to listen to this, Jamie, to find out how we played back when we recorded it. Right now, it's on an..."

@john-c-knopf • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"That's just what I was thinking! One of those aggravating "OOPS!" situations that happen to a builder from time to time. The solution is to play it up..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:

"Maybe we should start a thread on Patrick Gainer. I wonder where the photo on the YouTube site was taken. The dulcimer he is holding looks like a Prichard..."

@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:

"That is so ear-tickling. ..."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Well, that makes perfect sense. I didn't even think of that. And thanks for the compliment. I'll have a better photo in a few hours. Jonathan"

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:

"Wally, thanks for those links about Dr. Gainer. I may have mentioned that I took two courses from him at the Appalachian Regional School for Church Leaders...."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Thanks for photos Jonathan. It looks like the builder may have miscalculated the placement of the seventh fret and moved it but never filled in the slot. Not..."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Here is a better photo of the "mystery slot" for those who may be curious."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"I have skimmed through the article by Ken Hulme and it seems that this will answer most, if not all, of my questions. Thanks for this! I'll print it out..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @frank:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Frank. Playing dulcimer is a lot of fun. I'm glad that you found us here and we will help you in any way we can. Feel free to ask..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Jonathan, can you post a photo of your dulcimer? It may help us to better help you. Also, if you the maker of the dulcimer that would be helpful. Since your..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"I'm not Ken Hulme.I'm the other Ken. Here is the link to his article:..."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"Thank you for the information! I'm searching for it now."

@john-c-knopf • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"JD, one of our members here, Ken Hulme, wrote a very helpful lesson on just such a situation. It's called "I Just Got A Dulcimer. Now What?" He will no..."

@jdnewberry • one month ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":

"So, the information on the internet is only as good as the information people post online, and the google search results are only as good as the questions I..."

@steve-c • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolyn:

"I used what banjo players might call a pinch to play most of Fanny Power."

@steve-c • one month ago • comments: 6

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Fanny Power by O'Carolan

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":

"It strikes me that a VSL scale length of 27" is in the normal/standard range for a dulcimer."

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