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@ondrej • 8 minutes ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Come Away Love Sweet Love

@ondrej • 8 minutes ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo

@ondrej • 9 minutes ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer

@john-petry • 3 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"The handful or so of the violins Tony built, have been so far removed acoustically from the original build that we may never know what they sounded like as..."

@canard • 6 hours ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "The Stradivarius Effect":

"The reason that Stradivari’s instruments continue to have a high value is that they have been in continuous play by master musicians since they were built...."

@ken-longfield • 7 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Miguel Heatwole. It's good to have you aboard. Richard gave you the advice I would have given. I trust you books will find new homes...."

@strumelia • 7 hours ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Raymond Melton workshop from 1974:

"Beautiful clips of Raymond Melton's silky Galax style playing, along with some great interviewing by Mike Seeger."

@canard • 8 hours ago • comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @dusty: Raymond Melton workshop from 1974

@gordon-hardy • 15 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo

@richard-streib • 16 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:

"Welcome Miquelheatwole to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you have joined. This is an active forum. I am sure someone may interested in the books you..."

@robin-thompson • yesterday • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"Jamie @davisjames, I just got lucky with those being the same intervals. And my ear isn't good enough to detect what you did. Thanks for letting me know!..."

@gary-warnock • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Mark Tindle dulcimer for sale":

"Shipping is $55.00 FedEx "

@gary-warnock • yesterday • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Mark Tindle dulcimer for sale":

"Here is a Tindle Music dulcimer for sale. I bought it in 2023 and have probably only played it a total of an hour or so. All my other dulcimers are Modern..."

@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"Got that backwards(always edit!)...A-D(what you play),,not D-A."

@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:

"Hi guys.I heard the doves today.They seem to be singing a "B" note( around there) then going up for a shorter period of time to an "E"...some micro tones and..."

@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Thank you, Lisa. I never paid any attention to where this discussion was taking place. I'm glad you keep us organized. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on @canard:

"I like the Jemima Puddle-Duck profile pic.. "

@strumelia • 2 days ago

@strumelia is now following @canard

@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":

"Greetings! I have moved this discussion from the "For Sale" forum to THIS forum for discussions about dulcimers made by various makers, and their features...."

@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Affordable Sleeper Listing on ShopGoodwill":

"Greetings! I have moved this discussion from the "For Sale" forum to THIS forum for discussions about dulcimers made by various makers, and their features...."

@canard • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days ago • comments: 14
Liked a group discussions item created by @david-bennett: Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: May

@canard • 3 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days ago • 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 • 3 days ago • 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 • 3 days ago • 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-..."

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