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@jack-m
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Skip:
@Jack=M
Here is one of the more detailed fret calculators. It's the one I use the most. You will need two layouts, one for each VSL...."
@robin-thompson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A track from my new album":
Posted a response to "A track from my new album":
"Truly, a wonderful album! "
@robin-thompson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A track from my new album
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A track from my new album
@alex-lubet
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "A track from my new album":
Created a new forum topic "A track from my new album":
"Hi All,
I hope you're having a great week. Here's "At a Dinner Party," a track from my new album, Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss . Victoria Vargas is..."
@skip
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"@Jack=M
Here is one of the more detailed fret calculators. It's the one I use the most. You will need two layouts, one for each VSL...."
@jack-ferguson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch
@nate
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
"for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut ....."
Life could be simpler if we specified these in..."
@nate
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally, I think an important factor is that lower pitched strings are quieter at the same tension, and so to get an equal volume from lower pitches, not only..."
@jack-m
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Wally Venable:
"Have you built baritone dulcimers? If so did you change anything to strengthen it for the higher string load? "
The Strothers String..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
""Have you built baritone dulcimers? If so did you change anything to strengthen it for the higher string load?"
The Strothers String choice calculator..."
@jack-m
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate:
Jack, for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut and the 6.5 fret should be 13.638" from the nut. The same..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
""for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut ....."
Life could be simpler if we specified these in millimeters, not inches. My..."
@nate
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
@nate
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Jack, for a 29" VSL dulcimer, the 1# or 1.5 fret should be 4.614" from the nut and the 6.5 fret should be 13.638" from the nut. The same notes in the second..."
@jack-m
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Ken Longfield:
I seldom use the Stewmac fret calculator. I prefer the old WFret program which prints out a template. It is a Windows program and since I use..."
@ken-longfield
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"I seldom use the Stewmac fret calculator. I prefer the old WFret program which prints out a template. It is a Windows program and since I use Macs almost..."
@jack-m
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate,
Using the Stewmac calculator got some numbers that don't seem right to me. 29" VSL 1# 3.164" and 6# 13.638" from nut. When I compared it to..."
@jack-m
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:
"Nate:
For the sake of brevity, if it would help, you could tell me your string length (VSL) and I can tell you exactly where to put the 1# fret
Thanks..."
@mark-gilston
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
When I Good Friends Was Called to the Bar
@jack-ferguson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
"Thanks Ken. I respect your level of research, and simply try to bridge the gap by referring to the instrument(s) as Scheitholt/hummel. My main interest, and..."
@ken-longfield
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
"Jack, that is a very beautiful and delightful sounding instrument. You do excellent work. I began researching the scheitholt in the late 1990s. Ralph Lee..."
@jack-ferguson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
"Search the internet for "scheitholt" in order to learn more about the evolution of the instrument I identify as a Scheitholt. The other names you will most..."
@jack-ferguson
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
"Thank you for your comment, Ken. I have been building this instrument since 2010, following a great deal of research over the internet, and in museums, so I..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @thedulcimerbard:
Posted a new Comment on @thedulcimerbard:
"Hi Dulcimer Bard, 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..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @crp:
Posted a new Comment on @crp:
"Hi CRP, 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
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Liked a youtube item created by @jack-ferguson: Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt
Liked a youtube item created by @jack-ferguson: Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt
@ken-longfield
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
Posted a new Comment on Amazing Grace on 8-string Standard-Bass Scheitholt:
"chas5131:
Thank you. Have never heard a Scheitholt.
Interesting
And you still haven't. That's an 8 string hummel or some variation of a hummel...."