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@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @nathina: Hammered Dulcimer EXR

@ianhr • one week ago

@ianhr is now following @dusty

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a photos item created by @nate: 1000003691

@gerardo1000 • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "2024 Folkroots dulcimer hand made by Folkcraft. $890.00.":

"Price reduced to $890! Thank you for your attention."

@mick-mclaughlin • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Any body have an idea what this is ?":

"Hi Nate, appreciate your comments about my oddball find. Yes I do still play dulcimer. Never been a good player but like the nice feeling it's sound gives...."

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
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@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hammered Dulcimer EXR":

"Great story, Jim. Thanks for sharing it with us. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@nate • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hammered Dulcimer EXR":

"That's an awesome story Jim. Thanks for taking the time to share it."

@jim-yates • 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wanted: info on my dulcimer":

"You might find help with this group as well..."

@steve-c • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Anyone here from UK?":

"This might be of interest to you:..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago • comments: 579
Posted a new Comment on @benjamin-w-barr-jr:

"Thanks for your greetings Ben! Happy new year"

@orvilina • 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wanted: info on my dulcimer":

"Thanks everyone for your generous responses!"

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

"Thank you John!"

@john-c-knopf • 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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..."

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