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@canard • 7 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Thank you, Ken and Wally. I appreciate being able to learn from those who have deep roots. "

@canard • 7 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Affordable Sleeper Listing on ShopGoodwill":

"About J.C. Shellnutt (according to an AI). Wally mentioned something interesting about Shellnutt over on the post about the Paul Pye dulcimer auction - maybe..."

@wally-venable • 14 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"I agree with Ken that it is good to have posts which include information about historic dulcimers and builders. Along that line, perhaps the one you first..."

@ken-longfield • 15 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"canard, please feel free to post your findings of interesting auction dulcimers. Not everyone checks auctions regularly and you may alert someone to..."

@canard • 15 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Hi Wally, I realize that the opening bid and the closing bid are often very different. This instrument is not exactly a resale dream. I just wanted to make..."

@nate • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bad string?":

"It may be also helpful to see if the other strings increase in tension when the 3rd string detunes. When the string slips, some of the tension it had stored..."

@wally-venable • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Early bids on ShopGoodwill are no indication of what the price will eventually be. We often see Mcspadden and Folkcraft instruments starting at something..."

@canard • 19 hours ago • comments: 22
Posted a new Comment on History of Women Players:

"This is an old thread but I thought I would chime in. Historically, “young ladies” in the Old World were encouraged to take up parlor instruments and singing..."

@canard • 19 hours ago • comments: 14
Liked a group discussions item created by @david-bennett: Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: May

@canard • 20 hours ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Restore this old beauty or just appreciate it for its craft level and historic value. Partial image of the label is included in the listing photos...."

@ken-longfield • 21 hours ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"You can use graphite from a lead pencil or I use https://www.lowes.com/pd/Minute-Key-3-Gram-Powdered-Graphite/5003252247 . This is probably a lifetime..."

@greatlakes73 • 23 hours ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"Thanks everyone for your suggestions! My dulcimer was made by Ron Ewing not too long before he passed, so I’m confident he had suggested a good string gauge...."

@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"String diameter will have some effect because larger strings need more tension to play the same note. Longer VSLs will also require more tension. I don't..."

@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"If a string breaks between the peg and the nut, I would suspect the nut slot as the culprit. The string binds in the nut. As you tune going up to the D does..."

@greatlakes73 • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"Of course, I didn’t look hard at where the string broke because it freaked me out (every time!) but in my hazy recollection it broke pretty close to the peg-..."

@homer-ross • 2 days ago • comments: 34
Liked a music item created by @dan-evans: Tumbling Skies

@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"Robin, you might try lubricating the nut slot of that string with a little graphite. It will help the string slide better in the slot. There is also the..."

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bad string?":

"I'm guessing a bad string could be possible. I'm guessing you've checked the winding at the tuner to see if the string could be slipping in the tuner (due..."

@wally-venable • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bad string?":

"There can be a bad string, but with modern wire it is unlikely that you will ever encounter one. It would almost certainly be because of a bad winding at the..."

@alex-lubet • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Bad string?":

"Hi All, I hope you're doing well. Greetings from Minnesota. Is there such a thing as a bad string? I put on a new set last Saturday and my first string..."

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 7
Liked a group discussions item created by @greatlakes73: Noter effect on strings?

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Noter effect on strings?:

"Hi, greatlakes! I only play with a noter and it is rare I snap a string. When I do, it is usually when I am tuning down and the string breaks between the..."

@greatlakes73 • 2 days ago • comments: 7
Created a new Group discussion "Noter effect on strings?":

"Hello everyone, recently I was gently tuning my 3rd string from A back up to D, when it snapped. It’s a .012 steel string, which was what the original string..."
OLD STYLE Drone & Noter players

@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"Thank you and thanks for listening, @dan. "

@ondrej • 2 days ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Japanese folk song for DAD Dulcimer

@canard • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Affordable Sleeper Listing on ShopGoodwill":

"Magic Mountain build by J.C. Shellnutt. Looks like Alaska Yellow Cedar with a Persimmon fretboard. Quality workmanship. I’m listing this here in the hope..."

@canard • 2 days ago • comments: 25
Posted a new Comment on If you could buy your first dulcimer over again.....?:

"My first dulcimer - arrived today! It’s a bespoke 1970s California build. No label but the flares at the top and the A head suggest CapriTaurus. Teardrop,..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @art-robinson:

"Hi Art, 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,..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on @canard:

"Hi Canard, 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,..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @starbag:

"Hi Starbag, 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..."

@dan • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"Bravo!"

@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"@dusty Thanks, friend. One thing I can do for comfort is strum a dulcimer. This region lives with the scars and spoilage from mining of both coal and..."

@davisjames • 3 days ago • comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @conrad-vispo: Schottis från Kalix

@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"I mourn with you, Robin, for the environmental loss so close by. The song does indeed catch a melancholy feel with your soft noter work."

@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"@davisjames That's a neat thing to do-- I look forward to what you learn! We have Mourning Doves around, too. The "Mourning" part of the title refers to..."

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