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@ken-longfield
• 5 hours ago
• comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
@ken-longfield
• 5 hours ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Tyrolean songs for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Tyrolean songs for DAD Dulcimer
@davisjames
• 5 hours ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Tyrolean songs for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Tyrolean songs for DAD Dulcimer
@olddog75
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @canard: The Stradivarius Effect
Liked a forum discussions item created by @canard: The Stradivarius Effect
@strumelia
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer :
Posted a new Comment on Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer :
"Very sweet traditional melodies. Thank you for posting them!"
@strumelia
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• 10 hours ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:
"Hi Miguel, 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,..."
@shopdad
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
"Canard, (sorry, about the impersonal address since I'm not familiar with your name). I purchased a Hughes dulcimer on line. sight unseen. When I received it..."
@shopdad
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
"Thank you John, Very interesting comments. I am pleased to read the idea of adding some info to the inside label. When I built my Cedar Creek kit I added..."
@ondrej
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Come Away Love Sweet Love
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Come Away Love Sweet Love
@ondrej
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo
@ondrej
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 1
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer
@john-petry
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":
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
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "The Stradivarius Effect":
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
• 21 hours ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:
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
• 22 hours ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Raymond Melton workshop from 1974:
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
• 22 hours ago
• comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Raymond Melton workshop from 1974
Liked a group discussions item created by @strumelia: Raymond Melton workshop from 1974
@gordon-hardy
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo
@richard-streib
• yesterday
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @miguel-heatwole:
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Mark Tindle dulcimer for sale":
Posted a response to "Mark Tindle dulcimer for sale":
"Shipping is $55.00 FedEx "
@gary-warnock
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Mark Tindle dulcimer for sale":
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:
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:
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":
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:
Posted a new Comment on @canard:
"I like the Jemima Puddle-Duck profile pic.. "
@strumelia
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":
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":
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Affordable Sleeper Listing on ShopGoodwill":
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Thrift Auction: Early Paul Pyle Dulcimer with Tail Damage":
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?":
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..."