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@sam-edelston • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall:

"Great questions, Ken. Yes, Elaine asked to be plugged in out of a concern that her bass dulcimer would be inaudible otherwise. For the rest of us, it was..."

@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Sweet Yellows and Pinks:

"What an interesting melody."

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Praetorius Scheitholt":

"Ken, it's beautiful! Thank you for sharing this."

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on The Praetorius Scheitholt:

"I'm just adding a link here to your other post in the General Forum, which has the attached article and more info, Ken. Thanks!"

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @ken-longfield: The Praetorius Scheitholt

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @ken-longfield: The Praetorius Scheitholt

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Praetorius Scheitholt":

"Here is the article that was to appear in Dulcimer Players News. Originally it was scheduled for November, 2025 but postponed until February, 2026. I heard..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "The Praetorius Scheitholt":

"I created a thread about this in the Groups area, but I have the feeling that not too many people explore the Groups section. So I am recreating it here in..."

@dusty • one month ago • comments: 2
Liked a photos item created by @masaki: img 8007

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall:

"Thanks for posting this Sam. You folks did a wonderful job. Just a bit curious here. How were the instruments miked? It looks like Elaine is plugged in. Are..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Ron Ewing Mountain Dulcimer:

"You are fortunate to have a Ron Ewing dulcimer. He did great work in building them. Enjoy playing this dulcimer. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 2
Liked a photos item created by @masaki: img 8007

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Ron Ewing Mountain Dulcimer:

"Your Ewing dulcimer is beautiful, Masaki-- Ron was both a great luthier and mountain dulcimer player. Perhaps you have learned the sad news that Ron Ewing..."

@masaki • one month ago • comments: 2
Ron Ewing Mountain Dulcimer

@banjostray • one month ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

@banjostray • one month ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @noah-cline: Good Morning to Your Nightcap

@dusty • one month ago • comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @sam-edelston: Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall

@randy-adams • one month ago • comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @sam-edelston: Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall

@sam-edelston • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall:

"Thanks, Dusty! Huge honor. Huge thrill. Incomparable experience. We were all a bit like giddy tourists, taking photos at the stage door, in the dressing..."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 23
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"In 2018 a friend of mine asked if I would like to examine the dulcimer collection at the Smithsonian with him and another friend. He set up the meeting. We..."

@homer-ross • one month ago

@homer-ross is now following @noah-cline

@sylvia • one month ago • comments: 23
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"Ken, please tell me more about the Smithsonian visit and getting to play Richard Farina's dulcimer. Were you there at the behest of the Smithsonian?..."

@sylvia • one month ago • comments: 11
Posted a new Comment on @john-petry:

"Well I accept your kind offer. Thank you so much, warm regards Sylvia Bailey 210 Hancock St., Apt. 303 Ithaca, NY 14850"

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @rita-arrington:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Rita. It's good to have you aboard. This is a wonderful group of mountain dulcimer enthusiasts. Let us know if you have any questions. I..."

@noah-cline • one month ago • comments: 2

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Good Morning to Your Nightcap

@dusty • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall:

"Thanks, Sam, for representing the dulcimer so well. That must have been a thrill to perform at Carnegie!"

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 4
Liked a group discussions item created by @sam-edelston: Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall

@john-petry • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on @sylvia:

"Hello again, I make noters as part of my shop. I've had the opportunity to customize for a few customers. Longer, fatter (the noters) notched and plain...."

@sam-edelston • one month ago • comments: 4
Updated a Group discussion "":

"Last Sunday, January 18, 2026, a group of us performed on (mostly) mountain dulcimers at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This was part of the 17th Annual..."
Rockin' in the Free World

@sam-edelston • one month ago • comments: 4
Created a new Group discussion "Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall":

"Last Sunday, January 18, 2026, a group of us performed on (mostly) mountain dulcimers at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This was part of the 17th Annual..."
Rockin' in the Free World

@richard-streib • one month ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @okidokiebanjokie:

"Glad you joined Okidokiebanjokie. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Congratulations on getting your first dulcimer. It is a fun instrument to play..."

@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Brian Boru's March:

"To reiterate.A wonderful melody so well played."

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Let's Bury The Term "Scheitholt"":

"The "ei" in scheitholt is pronounced as an "i" like in sight. The "ie" in German is pronounced as an "e" as in see. In Chcknj's post below "schiet" would be..."

@mark-gilston • one month ago • comments: 10
Liked a youtube item created by @leo-kretzner: Frazier's Jig on mountain dulcimer

@mark-gilston • one month ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

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