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@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @johnny-l:
Posted a new Comment on @johnny-l:
"Welcome to FOTMD, JohnnyL. It's good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here. Communicate with us.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
@beth-t
• 2 months ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Y Lili (The Lilly):
Posted a new Comment on Y Lili (The Lilly):
"DavisJames:
Still ticklish after all these years,to paraphrase a Paul Simon song.I have a crackpot theory that we feel music in different parts of our..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
Ooops. Wrong citation. Not Strothers.
You know there is YAFCalc?
Yet Another Fret Calculator..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate:
Of course, now youll be needing to convert 128ths into 16ths, which seems just as annoying
Yes, I'm amazed there isn't software that works for all..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Of course, now youll be needing to convert 128ths into 16ths, which seems just as annoying"
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Cool to see a calculator that includes JI. Thanks for sharing."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Ooops. Wrong citation. Not Strothers.
You know there is YAFCalc?
Yet Another Fret Calculator..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
The Strothers calculator, and probably some others, allow you to get fret spacing in millimeters, 1/16 ths, and decimal inches if you input..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally are you thinking of the Stewmac calculator? Tom Strothers did not have a fret spacing calculator. The only calculators on the website are two chord..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"The Strothers calculator, and probably some others, allow you to get fret spacing in millimeters, 1/16 ths, and decimal inches if you input the VSL in those..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Luthiers Mercantile:
Posted a new Comment on Luthiers Mercantile:
"Homer Ross:
Ken Longfield:
Well, it looks like we successfully hijacked this discussion to learn all about and praise Stew-Mac. The sad thing about the..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Skip:
@Jack=M
Here is one of the more detailed fret calculators. It's the one I use the most. You will need two layouts, one for each VSL...."
@robin-thompson
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A track from my new album":
Posted a response to "A track from my new album":
"Truly, a wonderful album! "
@robin-thompson
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A track from my new album
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A track from my new album
@alex-lubet
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "A track from my new album":
Created a new forum topic "A track from my new album":
"Hi All,
I hope you're having a great week. Here's "At a Dinner Party," a track from my new album, Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss . Victoria Vargas is..."
@skip
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"@Jack=M
Here is one of the more detailed fret calculators. It's the one I use the most. You will need two layouts, one for each VSL...."
@jack-ferguson
• 2 months ago
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
"for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut ....."
Life could be simpler if we specified these in..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally, I think an important factor is that lower pitched strings are quieter at the same tension, and so to get an equal volume from lower pitches, not only..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
"Have you built baritone dulcimers? If so did you change anything to strengthen it for the higher string load? "
The Strothers String..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
""Have you built baritone dulcimers? If so did you change anything to strengthen it for the higher string load?"
The Strothers String choice calculator..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate:
Jack, for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut and the 6.5 fret should be 13.638" from the nut. The same..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
""for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut ....."
Life could be simpler if we specified these in millimeters, not inches. My..."
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
@nate
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Jack, for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut and the 6.5 fret should be 13.638" from the nut. The same notes in the second..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Ken Longfield:
I seldom use the Stewmac fret calculator. I prefer the old WFret program which prints out a template. It is a Windows program and since I use..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"I seldom use the Stewmac fret calculator. I prefer the old WFret program which prints out a template. It is a Windows program and since I use Macs almost..."
@jack-m
• 2 months ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate,
Using the Stewmac calculator got some numbers that don't seem right to me. 29" VSL 1# 3.164" and 6# 13.638" from nut. When I compared it to..."