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Cindy Stammich
@cindy-stammich • one week 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
@cindy-stammich • one week 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
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@lilley-pad • one week 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
@phil-myers • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Home On the Range
JDNewberry
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@robin-thompson • one week 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
@john-c-knopf • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:
"That is so ear-tickling. ..."
JDNewberry
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@ken-longfield • one week 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
@jdnewberry • one week 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
@john-c-knopf • one week 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
@jdnewberry • one week 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..."
cairney
@steve-c • one week 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."
cairney
@steve-c • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Fanny Power by O'Carolan
Strumelia
@strumelia • one week 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."
Silverstrings
@silverstrings • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
"I understand."
Lilley Pad
@lilley-pad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
"Hi thanks for the suggestion, I have tried to contact him numerous times, hes not big on communicating so that's why I'm reaching out."
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"Morgantown and West Virginia University (WVU) are only abut 15 miles from Fairmont. Dr. Patrick W. Gainer was associated with WVU from the early 1920s..."
Silverstrings
@silverstrings • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
"I would recommend contacting Gary Gallier to find out the specifics of your dulcimer. There should be some information if you look inside the sound hole to..."
Lilley Pad
@lilley-pad • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
"Hi kids have a question hopefully somebody out there can answer it has to do with a  Gary Gallier Starsong Dulcimer. I was very fortunate to be able to pick..."
Joe
@joe • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new Event:
Fort New Salem Dulcimer Fest (WV)
Joe
@joe • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
"Nice! "
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @stlhook:
"Welcome to FOTMD, StlHook. It's good to have you aboard. Let us know if we can help you along on your dulcimer journey. I've never Gebhard Woods Festival,..."
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"Fairmont is part of North Central West Virginia. We haven't had anyone who has developed a distinctive style or produced a large number of high quality..."
 
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