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@strumelia • 3 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"Shopdad: Are you familiar with Jack Ferguson? I guess he also builds the Scheitholts. Jack is a member of FOTMD and he might reply if you message him..."

@ken-longfield • 6 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"Sounds like a good plan, Paul. Yes, I am familiar with Jack and his work. He's not happy with me for criticizing the use of the term scheitholt. His..."

@shopdad • 7 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"I may just settle on making the Zitter or Hummel. That appears to be the direction I'm heading in. I received a comment on my personal link from Davisjames..."

@shopdad • 8 hours ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Florida Sunshine Dulcimer Group:

"It appears that the group in Melbourne, Florida has disband. there must be a few dulcimer players around the Melbourne/Palm Bay area that would be interested..."

@ken-longfield • 8 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"The illustration above from Praetorius' Syntagma Musicum contains a scale at the bottom of the page. This scale was used in the Braunsweig market place as a..."

@shopdad • 8 hours ago • comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"Yes, You are correct. I seem to be a bit confused at times as to where I should answer or respond to comments. I had trouble finding the thread on the..."

@homer-ross • 10 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked an events item created by @wally-venable: PattyFest -(WV)

@davisjames • 10 hours ago • comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"I play a scheitholt made by Jack Ferguson.Love the thing,I believe he did a lot of research before beginning to build...I'm sure he would be your best source..."

@shopdad • 13 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"I opted to make the instrument 24" based of the pictures of instruments in @papageno's illustration. As I mentioned previously, the item #8 appears to be..."

@ken-longfield • 14 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"That's good advice, Strumelia, for someone designing their own instrument. If you are making a reproduction of an historical instrument you are locked in to..."

@strumelia • 17 hours ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"Just a thought... When I was involved in having an epinette des Voges custom made for me (it's quite a bit like a "scheitholt"), I found that one major..."

@strumelia • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked an events item created by @wally-venable: PattyFest -(WV)

@wally-venable • 18 hours ago • comments: 0

Is attending an Event:
PattyFest -(WV)

@wally-venable • 18 hours ago • comments: 0

Created a new Event:
PattyFest -(WV)

@shopdad • yesterday • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on Has anyone made a Scheitholt?:

"Thanks Ken, I will go back to your article. There is a lot of info there to process. I want this one to be correct and resemble the Scheitholt. I see no..."

@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @fairpluckin:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Fairpluckin. It's good to have you aboard. Have fun exploring the site. We are here to help and encourage each other. Best wishes as you..."

@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @lunashaman:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Lunashaman. It's good to have you aboard. If learning about the mountain dulcimer is what you want to do you've come to the right place...."

@richard-streib • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @fairpluckin:

"Welcome Fairplckin to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's great to have you. There is a lot of information here all about the dulcimer. We are here to..."

@richard-streib • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @lunashaman:

"Welcome Lunashaman to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. Congrats on getting your first dulcimer. There is a lot of good information here and..."

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on Northern WV Dulcimer Doings:

"@Wally-Venable , you could post this event in fotmd's main festivals/gatherings section, and it would show on the main page. Do it by going to your own..."

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Wally, your post and info would be terrific over on the inverted capo thread!:..."

@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on Northern WV Dulcimer Doings:

"Dulcimer Workshops PattyFest Music Festival Saturday, June 6, 2026 9 a.m. — 8 p.m. I have attached a .PDF extract of the workshops listings, focusing on..."

@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"When I set string height on dulcimers, I now use a Quarter just above the first fret as a height gauge. (1st photo) When I saw the posts about making an..."

@john-petry • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"To bring this thread full circle....Tony Strad had the right Idea calling his instrument the "Violin" the word flows off the tongue with the feeling of an..."

@nate • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "String-changing adventure on scroll head ":

"This diagram might help you to visualize how to wrap the string around the peg to keep it from slipping. Also, I like to give the string a couple of inches..."