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@cindy-stammich
• one week ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Home On the Range:
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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?"
@jdnewberry
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
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 week ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:
Posted a new Comment on Zion Ridge:
"That is so ear-tickling.
..."
@jdnewberry
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @frank:
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "I need BASIC dulcimer help - Complete novice":
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 week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolyn:
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."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
"I understand."
@lilley-pad
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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
• one week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
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
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Gary Gallier's Starsong Dulcimer dim.?":
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..."
@ken-longfield
• one week ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @stlhook:
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
• one week ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
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..."