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@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!"

@sal-monella • 2 months ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on @john-c-knopf:

"Thank you John!"

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

"Hi, Sal! Welcome to the group! You have a wonderful dulcimer made by Musical Traditions in New York, and it has Grover "banjo" pegs on it. These pegs were..."

@sal-monella • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Updated a Group discussion "":

"Hello friends. I write to you all in need of help. Last year I was given a dulcimer by a friend who thought that I would play it more than her. I resolved to..."

@sal-monella • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Created a new Group discussion "Tuner help please":

"Hello friends. I write to you all in need of help. Last year I was given a dulcimer by a friend who thought that I would play it more than her. I resolved to..."

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

"Hello friends.I write to you all in need of help. Last year I was given a dulcimer by a friend who thought that I would play it more than her. I resolved to..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "String vibrates":

"Im really glad you mentioned camera and light source angle Ken. That is definitely what i was failing to consider. I guess if the camera and light source..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "String vibrates":

"I think it is an optical illusion created by the shadow and camera angle. With different lighting, especially no glare, and camera directly above the fret..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "String vibrates":

"Id really love to know more about this. I've seen Bing do it in a few videos and I just can't wrap my head around it. I believe it is due to the interaction..."

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

"Following up on John's reply (again), you might join the UK and European Dulcimers Group, and ask if anyone is looking for a dulcimer. John and Paul Crocker..."

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

"Jonnyd....Sorry to have digressed on your initial post...But I hope it gives you a small glimpse into this community that is FOTMD. This site is filled with..."

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

"John Petry: No time like today to get a youngster involved! I agree, John. The two used FolkRoots dulcimers I bought are doing just that. I look for..."

@lilley-pad • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "String vibrates":

"Bing Futch 342 I happened to be surfing the internet Looking for the tab for Black Mountain rag. And came across this video. what I find really..."

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