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@davisjames • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Liked a music item created by @dan: Isabella

@neill-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Created a new Group discussion "Help I've never built an instrument not touched a dulcimer":

"I've done some woodworking but never built an instrument. Although I enjoy music, I never learned to play any instrument. That said, I've come into a..."
Dulcimer Making

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @neill-thompson:

"Welcome Neill! "

@dusty • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @beth-t: Y Lili (The Lilly)

@jack-m • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Nate: Jack I was just remarking that if one were to use a yardstick that only has 16ths and a calculator that gives readings in 128ths, as Wally mentioned,..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Jack I was just remarking that if one were to use a yardstick that only has 16ths and a calculator that gives readings in 128ths, as Wally mentioned, decimal..."

@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @johnny-l:

"So glad to have you Johnny L. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. This is a great place to connect with others who love the mountain dulcimer. If..."

@richard-streib • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @sandra:

"Welcome Sandra to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. So glad you joined. May I encourage you to play those dulcimers of yours. The dulcimer has such a sweet..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @johnny-l:

"Welcome to FOTMD, JohnnyL. It's good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here. Communicate with us. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@beth-t • 2 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Y Lili (The Lilly):

"DavisJames: Still ticklish after all these years,to paraphrase a Paul Simon song.I have a crackpot theory that we feel music in different parts of our..."

@jack-m • 2 months ago

@jack-m is now following @nate

@jack-m • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Wally Venable: Ooops. Wrong citation. Not Strothers. You know there is YAFCalc? Yet Another Fret Calculator..."

@jack-m • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Nate: Of course, now youll be needing to convert 128ths into 16ths, which seems just as annoying Yes, I'm amazed there isn't software that works for all..."

@marko • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Of course, now youll be needing to convert 128ths into 16ths, which seems just as annoying"

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Cool to see a calculator that includes JI. Thanks for sharing."

@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Ooops. Wrong citation. Not Strothers. You know there is YAFCalc? Yet Another Fret Calculator..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Wally Venable: The Strothers calculator, and probably some others, allow you to get fret spacing in millimeters, 1/16 ths, and decimal inches if you input..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"Wally are you thinking of the Stewmac calculator? Tom Strothers did not have a fret spacing calculator. The only calculators on the website are two chord..."

@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 37
Posted a new Comment on Fret Position:

"The Strothers calculator, and probably some others, allow you to get fret spacing in millimeters, 1/16 ths, and decimal inches if you input the VSL in those..."

@jack-m • 2 months ago • comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Luthiers Mercantile:

"Homer Ross: Ken Longfield: Well, it looks like we successfully hijacked this discussion to learn all about and praise Stew-Mac. The sad thing about the..."

@jack-m • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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...."

@md-swede • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch

@robin-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A track from my new album":

"Truly, a wonderful album! "

@robin-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A track from my new album

@homer-ross • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch

@alex-lubet • 2 months ago • comments: 0
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Chicken Scratch

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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 • 2 months ago • comments: 37
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..."

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