Timeline Entry
@john-c-knopf
• 7 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
"Yes, you need grooves in the bridge for the strings to ride in. Grooves hold the strings in the proper spacing, preventing them from wandering all over the..."
@strumelia
• 7 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
"p.s. Grooves In The Bridge sounds like a good fiddle tune name."
@strumelia
• 7 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
Posted a response to "Grooves in the bridge?":
"Are there string grooves in the nut?Yes i would venture to say there should be some grooves in the bridge, to hold the string spacing even despite any..."
@strumelia
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I'd be willing to bet though, that there are thousands more currently active mtn dulcimer players today than there were at any particular time between 1880..."
@dan
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Shortening Bread:
Posted a new Comment on Shortening Bread:
"What you'ins can't see just out of screen shot is the glass of ice water he dips his noter in to cool it off!"
@lilley-pad
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Guitar strap (Straplok)":
Posted a response to "Guitar strap (Straplok)":
"Well kids it looks like my experiment didn't work out. Boy was that a waste of money oh well live and learn. The idea was to find a nice streamlined..."
@davisjames
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new Audio File:
Maggie Darling[tearjerker on the teardrop].
Created a new Audio File:
Maggie Darling[tearjerker on the teardrop].
@richard-streib
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on @elaine-p:
Posted a new Comment on @elaine-p:
"Welcome Elaine P to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. So glad you joined. I am sure you have much to offer and I look forward to you sharing your expertise..."
@notsothoreau
• 14 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Grooves in the bridge?":
Created a new forum topic "Grooves in the bridge?":
"Okay, different dulcimer, new question. I pcked up a Folkcraft dulcimer off Ebay. I think the strings were the originals from 1987. I have replaced the..."
@robin-thompson
• 15 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Shortening Bread:
Posted a new Comment on Shortening Bread:
"Got some string theory working here, Randy! "
@davisjames
• 15 hours ago
• comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @macaodha: Brian Boru's March
Liked a music item created by @macaodha: Brian Boru's March
@cottage-timbre
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Skip- It's a sobering thing, and ironic given the forum we are on, but part of the reason these things are dying in actual practice is because more and..."
@skip
• 18 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I got my first MD after I was advised to learn more about HD's before trying to build one. I stopped by the Dulcimer Shop in Mt View and bought a McSpadden..."
@cottage-timbre
• 18 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"John- If it has a slide it isn't an IRISH whistle anymore. :)"
@john-petry
• 18 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"So moving on...."reasons NOT to put a slide on an Irish Whistle"........."
@alex-lubet
• 19 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"My musical background and approach to the instrument are, I think, pretty different from others in this group. One thing I find impressive is how nice and..."
@brudar
• 19 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Randy Adams:..."
@strumelia
• 22 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I personally think it's great to discuss our opinions on dulcimers- whether we're discussing labeling semantics and definitions, or traditional vs modern, or..."
@john-petry
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Curmudgeonly:
like or characteristic of a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person........
I don't think anyone here is implying anything other than..."
@cottage-timbre
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Lisa, I can be curmudgeonly too. But I'll try not to be offended.
The motives of definition have nothing to do with keeping people out or keeping the "club"..."
@alex-lubet
• yesterday
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
"Thank you so much. New album dropping shortly."
@brudar
• yesterday
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
Posted a new Comment on Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away:
"Hi Alex. I followed your post under the Why Not a Chromatic Dulcimer thread to your Youtube piece and then found your albums on my Tidal streaming service...."
@randy-adams
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I'd like to mention that the boys over at
TTAD- The Traditional Appalachian Dulcimore
accept me as one of their own and I so appreciate it. I've posted..."
@robin-thompson
• yesterday
• comments: 15
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
"Hey, Jamie @davisjames -- we're happy you like it! I had to listen to the track to remind myself what I'd posted. I play it a bit differently now and have..."
@lisa-golladay
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Hi everybody! Over the past three years I've grown older and more curmudgeonly so I'm jumping back into the discussion to say this: We need to get real. It..."
@alex-lubet
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"Thanks, Randy. That's actually one of the easier listening pieces in the set. There are some that folks may find scary, as I use some tunings that invite..."
@randy-adams
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"I listened Alex. Not easy listening! But you're right your playing is a good reason not to buy a chromofone you got it all right there."
@randy-adams
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"If a few people would post a audio or video of themselves playing a chromaphone that might be a reason not to buy a chtomadic : )"
@alex-lubet
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"It seems we can all agree that the etymology of the word "dulcimer" relates to sweetness, but etymological origins have only a limited relationship to the..."
@brudar
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"John Pettreemusic:
Perhaps "dulcimer" is a state of being........
I bow before thee. "
@steve-c
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
Posted a response to "Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic":
"“Perhaps "dulcimer" is a state of being“John P. Now that is funny….😂"