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canard
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@canard • 19 hours ago • comments: 14
Liked a group discussions item created by @david-bennett: Today In Mountain Dulcimer History: May
canard
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@homer-ross • 2 days ago • comments: 34
Liked a music item created by @dan-evans: Tumbling Skies
Ken Longfield
@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
@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
@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
@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
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 7
Liked a group discussions item created by @greatlakes73: Noter effect on strings?
Robin Thompson
@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
@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
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:
"Thank you and thanks for listening, @dan.  "
Ondrej
@ondrej • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Japanese folk song for DAD Dulcimer
canard
@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
@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,..."
Ben Barr Jr
@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,..."
Ben Barr Jr
@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,..."
Ben Barr Jr
@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
@dan • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Mourning Doves:
"Bravo!"
Robin Thompson
@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
@davisjames • 3 days ago • comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @conrad-vispo: Schottis från Kalix
Dusty Turtle
@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
@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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