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@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @maya-hudson:

"Hi Maya, 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 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @md-swede:

"Hi MD, 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, and..."

@beth-t • 2 months ago

@beth-t is now following @noah-cline

@john-c-knopf • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"This whole situation is turning us all into detectives! I wish Sherlock Holmes were here to straighten it all out for us..."

@dulcillini • 2 months ago • comments: 0
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@dulcillini • 2 months ago • comments: 0
My Folk Music Memories

@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hurricane Helene news?":

"NC mountains hard hit. Well over 400K people without power, Many are isolated with no means of getting any help due to roads and bridges washed out, no phone..."

@dulcillini • 2 months ago • comments: 0
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@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @maya-hudson:

"Welcome Maya Hudson to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. So good to have you join our forum. Look around and see what all is here. Be sure to ask questions..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I notice a few things- --the nut looks to me like merely a rough little piece of scrap wood- does not look like an original part to me and also has notches..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Oh it's not playable on many grounds - the tuners are locked in place, would need pliars to turn at all, and risk cracking the wood! Well i..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Oh it's not playable on many grounds - the tuners are locked in place, would need pliars to turn at all, and risk cracking the wood!"

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I should say, as normally as one could expect from a home made scheitholt with very wonky frets that entails a very "whatever works" mindset xD Also if would..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Nate I think that's basically it. I took more pics just to try and show it better. Indeed if the tuners were on the head, there'd be room for a..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Thanks Dusty, so that's what 'embed local media' means!!"

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Dusty Turtle: I can't help explain the scheitholt, @Leo-Kretzner, but I can help with the pictures. When you created a new discussion, you could have used..."

@dusty • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I can't help explain the scheitholt, @Leo-Kretzner, but I can help with the pictures. When you created a new discussion, you could have used the "embed..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Nate I think that's basically it. I took more pics just to try and show it better. Indeed if the tuners were on the head, there'd be room for a a nut, first..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "How Many Dulcimers Do You Own? ":

"Thats a pretty cool instrument. I like the tin at the end and the bridge setup is clever. Thanks for sharing"

@beth-t • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @j-andy-crandall: Hector the Hero on Mountain Dulcimer

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"By the way, Ken, I like your suggestion as to why the 'heart' is oddly shaped - trying to adapt to plain old dumb luck! "

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Or, said another way, if that's a first fret, there's no first space between it and the nut. OR it's just incredibly badly placed?? But why so..."

@beth-t • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @davisjames: Gilbert Anderson's Duck Dance.

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"The tuners would need to be way 'up' (leftward) on the peghead for there to be room for a proper nut plus first fret. That picture with the nut slid back is..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Or, said another way, if that's a first fret, there's no first space between it and the nut. OR it's just incredibly badly placed?? But why so long? It's..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"That is a really sharp observation Steve. I think it sheds light on the mystery. One could imagine that the area with the tuners should have been the area..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Yes, there is a long 'fret' running across the entire instrument that the nut is abutted to (2 &1/4" long, vs 3/4" for all others). I'll attach a closeup..."

@john-c-knopf • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Yes, SteveC, I see a wire fret, right up against the nut! Maybe the nut needs to move back?"

@steve-c • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I think I see on the scheitholt, a wire first fret peeking from behind the nut that is laying down."

@salt-springs • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??:

"Yea, Dan Cox just built one of those for me...........there are pics on this site.............tuned daa, three strings and is called a raffele...some have..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??:

"I do hope Wilfied Ulrich see this and can provide an answer. I think because of the drone strings in sets of three It might be called a kratzither. Here is..."

@robin-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Liked a group discussions item created by @leo-kretzner: A scheitholt with no first fret

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago

@ken-longfield is now following @leo-kretzner

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Hi, Leo, most Pennsylvania German zitters are made by amateurs and not by musical instrument makers. To the best of my knowledge there is only one identified..."

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