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@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 5
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Close to You with a Dulcimer

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Close to You with a Dulcimer:

"I was at the home of an aunt who lived up the street from us and The Carpenters came on tv on, I believe, American Bandstand. From then on, I loved them. I..."

@robert-owens • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Thanks Strumelia. That's helpful. I'll be considering the lighter strings, especially now that I've identified some bow in the fretboard (see below).Thanks..."

@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Robert Owens: One more question for you (or for anyone)...since my dulcimer is designed with the middle string to be over the frets (along with the melody..."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Hello...me again.SO...I've been working on the dime & nickel method of setting the height of the nut & bridge. It went well starting on the nut end,..."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Makes good sense, Nate. Thanks for clarifying that point. Being new to the dulcimer, I'm not sure what feel I like, but from what I've read, it seems that..."

@sam-edelston • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Close to You with a Dulcimer:

"Thank you, @robin-thompson and @john-c-knopf ! (I've been a Carpenters fan since junior high, too.) @dusty Thanks! To my mind, chromatic dulcimers..."

@richard-streib • 3 days ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on @susu49:

"Welcome Susu49 to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. This is a wonderful community of folks who love the mountain dulcimer. There is a lot of..."

@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Close to You with a Dulcimer:

"Wow. Arrangements like this with all those jazzy chords have me thinking about a chromatic . . . Great playing, Sam. "

@sam-edelston • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Close to You with a Dulcimer

@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Close to You with a Dulcimer:

"Love me some Carpenters and Bacharach & David! Nicely played, Sam!"

@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Close to You with a Dulcimer

@john-c-knopf • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Close to You with a Dulcimer:

"Yes, Sam, I'm a Carpenters fan (since junior high school), and you played that complex tune beautifully! Thank you."

@sam-edelston • 3 days ago • comments: 5
Created a new Group discussion "Close to You with a Dulcimer":

"Hi friends - Do we have any Carpenters of Burt Bacharach/Hal David fans here? Here's a new video of "Close to You," one of the beautiful love songs from my..."

@nate • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"With that said though, I think it's best to simply start with the nut and bridge too tall, and then slowly bring them lower until you get the feel you like,..."

@nate • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Robert Owens: Thanks to all of you for the additional advice...that all makes sense to me.Only remaining question as I thought about it a little more is,..."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Thanks to all of you for the additional advice...that all makes sense to me.Only remaining question as I thought about it a little more is, using the dime..."

@strumelia • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"The dulcimer has 3 strings, and the frets are mostly only under the melody string. This dulcimer was designed to be played noter style, with fretting only..."

@ken-longfield • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"I've use the method that John suggests except I've always measured with the dime on the saddle side of the first fret. I'm not sure it really makes too much..."

@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:

"@macaodha Thank you, Val. We are fortunate that though we live in a tiny old coal mining village there is still a lot of wild land, uninhabited by humans...."

@john-petry • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Correct....I can't claim credit for the "hack"....but it's nice, simple, and worth a heap more than the .15 cent investment........."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Hey, I like that approach! I've got digital calipers and all that fancy stuff, but I like this more...thanks! (But just to clarify, when you say "before the..."

@john-petry • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"I've heard this before [from Skip perhaps...] but a dime just before the first fret, and a nickel on top of the 7th. Do the dime [nut] first, then attack the..."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Hello all. And thanks again for all of your help so far.I'm happy to report that I have restored the dulcimer to pretty good shape, basically taking it apart..."

@robert-owens • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":

"Thanks Strumelia. I thought I had replied to you the other day, but don't seem to see it here, so will repeat it here. I appreciate your helpful suggestions..."

@dan • 3 days ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:

"Bravo! I got Bluebirds in the nesting box, sorta like sugar in the gourd aint' it?"

@dan • 3 days ago • comments: 9
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Nesting Season

@frank-dudgeon • 4 days ago • comments: 9
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Nesting Season

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 4 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @majek888:

"Hi Majek, 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,..."

@richard-streib • 4 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @majek888:

"Glad you joined, Majek888. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Getting your first dulcimer is sometimes daunting. Kenl has offered some good advice...."

@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 9
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Nesting Season

@debi • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "New Harmony saddle?":

"Hi, The main purpose of that bridge is to adjust intonation, as I understand it. Speak with Joe Collins, who is affiliated with NHD. He is very helpful...."

@lilley-pad • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "New Harmony saddle?":

"Anybody out there know anything about the New Harmony instruments bridge? The main question I have is about the Accutune module bridge. Any idea can you..."

@old-dawg • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "John Stockard Dulcimer":

"Thanks Robin. It's one of the most finely crafted instruments I own. I would love to hear from anyone else that owns a Stockard dulcimer, as well as any info..."

@robin-thompson • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "John Stockard Dulcimer":

"You have a treasure there-- happy strumming! "

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