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@john-c-knopf • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Best, or Worst, Dulcimer Quick Fixes and DIYs":

"Bob, one of my dulcimer repairs is documented on this site. Look up "John Tignor Dulcimer Rework" on page 8 of the "Forums" archive here. I don't know how to..."

@david-bennett • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:

"I can't add to this discussion other than to show the dulcimores I saw at the Tennessee Tech Bryan Fine Arts Building:..."

@brotherbobgolem • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Your Best, or Worst, Dulcimer Quick Fixes and DIYs":

"Hey, folks! I've got this little teardrop dulcimer that was gifted to me by a retired school teacher up on Northern, KY. She'd had it as a decoration in her..."

@brotherbobgolem • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Halloween":

"Happy Halloween to all you good folks! This is the first Halloween in a few years I've been off work, so I'm about to spend the whole night on the porch with..."

@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:

"His article doesn't give any size information, other than for the guitar strings suggested as E and G. Those would be about the same as our typical Melody..."

@noah-cline • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Vivaldi’s Largo in D:

"Robin Thompson: Nicely played, Noah! And I like the scenery, too. Thanks, Robin!"

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Vivaldi’s Largo in D:

"Nicely played, Noah! And I like the scenery, too. "

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:

"Wow! That's really interesting Wally. So if I understand this correctly Bryan was tuning the dulcimer (from 4th string to the first) E, E, A, A with the 1st..."

@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on “The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan:

"“The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan The Bibliography for The Dulcimer Book by Jean Ritchie includes a listing for “The Appalachian..."

@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 6
Created a new Group discussion "“The Appalachian Dulcimer” by Charles F. Bryan":

"Discussion of a monograph from 1952"

@john-c-knopf • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bob Thomason":

"Congratulations, Nattyice! Those auction sites can be wonderful."

@dusty • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @noah-cline: Vivaldi’s Largo in D

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

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Vivaldi’s Largo in D

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Cades Cove:

"Looks like a nice place to make some dulcimer music! "

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a photos item created by @tim-wynn: att.jfoaov 0szifq19co1khyzdzqq29kfwuyda ea7x3b0

@richard-streib • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bob Thomason":

"That is a beautiful looking dulcimer. I hope it sounds as good as it looks. Enjoy our ebay find."

@strumelia • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bob Thomason":

"Wow that is so very beautiful! You must be thrilled. "

@strumelia • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Halloween":

"Happy spooky harvest Halloween! "

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bob Thomason":

"Enjoy that beautiful dulcimer! "

@nattyice1252 • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Bob Thomason":

"Hi everyone, I'm still pretty new around here, but I really wanted to share the Bob Thomason dulcimer I (finally) received this week. It was an eBay find and..."

@lilley-pad • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Happy Halloween":

"Hey Everybody Happy Halloween one of my favorite holidays its right up there with April the 1st Hope you're doing okay, time to turn on the heater and throw..."

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @kimberly-from-ky:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Kimberly From KY. I'm glad to see that your are taking up your state's official instrument and learning to play it. Have fun exploring this..."

@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: End of Day, Washburn Rover Minstrel dulcimer

@richard-streib • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @kimberly-from-ky:

"Welcome Kimberly from Kentucky to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. So glad you joined. This is an active forum with good participation. There is a lot of..."

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"I use what might be thought of as hybrid tunings-- tuning a wound bass and a doubled drone course to the same note yet an octave apart (as one would for..."

@john-c-knopf • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"That would be me also, guys!"

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"Those are all good points, Dusty. Whenever I try to explain some of those things to our dulcimer group their eyes gloss over and their faces go blank. Ken..."

@dusty • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"I wish tuning to C were the norm, for that would simplify explaining music theory on the dulcimer since we wouldn't have to deal with sharps and flats. So..."

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"Gentleman, maybe. Illustrious, haha. That's the Thomas dulcimer I'm holding in my avatar. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@richard-streib • one week ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "For Sale: Acoustic Pickup":

"Super Sensitive Acoustic Instrument Pickup. Package never opened. $5.00 plus actual shipping charges. I use a discounted shipping label service so the..."

@john-c-knopf • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"May I concur with the illustrious gentlemen preceding me here: my historic reproduction dulcimores really like Jean Ritchie's traditional CGG. It's how I..."

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"I have a dulcimer made by James Edward (Uncle Ed) Thomas in 1931 at Bath, KY. I keep it tuned CGG. It seems to like that tuning. Ken "The dulcimer sings a..."

@richard-streib • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"I have a Thomas replication built by Dulcimore Dan that really likes CGG. It is a joy to play it. The tone sounds so traditional."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"I watched a YouTube video with Bing Futch and he gave me some pointers a few years back. I have always sang bass in college and youth group sessions. All..."

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning/playing in C ?":

"The diatonic Jean Ritchie model Blue Lion I have shines in C. It's a Kentucky hourglass shape, the top is Spruce, and at 23 years old it has aged nicely and..."

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