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@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I notice a few things- --the nut looks to me like merely a rough little piece of scrap wood- does not look like an original part to me and also has notches..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Oh it's not playable on many grounds - the tuners are locked in place, would need pliars to turn at all, and risk cracking the wood! Well i..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Oh it's not playable on many grounds - the tuners are locked in place, would need pliars to turn at all, and risk cracking the wood!"

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I should say, as normally as one could expect from a home made scheitholt with very wonky frets that entails a very "whatever works" mindset xD Also if would..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Nate I think that's basically it. I took more pics just to try and show it better. Indeed if the tuners were on the head, there'd be room for a..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Thanks Dusty, so that's what 'embed local media' means!!"

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Dusty Turtle: I can't help explain the scheitholt, @Leo-Kretzner, but I can help with the pictures. When you created a new discussion, you could have used..."

@dusty • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I can't help explain the scheitholt, @Leo-Kretzner, but I can help with the pictures. When you created a new discussion, you could have used the "embed..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Nate I think that's basically it. I took more pics just to try and show it better. Indeed if the tuners were on the head, there'd be room for a a nut, first..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "How Many Dulcimers Do You Own? ":

"Thats a pretty cool instrument. I like the tin at the end and the bridge setup is clever. Thanks for sharing"

@beth-t • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @j-andy-crandall: Hector the Hero on Mountain Dulcimer

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"By the way, Ken, I like your suggestion as to why the 'heart' is oddly shaped - trying to adapt to plain old dumb luck! "

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Leo Kretzner: Or, said another way, if that's a first fret, there's no first space between it and the nut. OR it's just incredibly badly placed?? But why so..."

@beth-t • 2 months ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @davisjames: Gilbert Anderson's Duck Dance.

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"The tuners would need to be way 'up' (leftward) on the peghead for there to be room for a proper nut plus first fret. That picture with the nut slid back is..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Or, said another way, if that's a first fret, there's no first space between it and the nut. OR it's just incredibly badly placed?? But why so long? It's..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"That is a really sharp observation Steve. I think it sheds light on the mystery. One could imagine that the area with the tuners should have been the area..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Yes, there is a long 'fret' running across the entire instrument that the nut is abutted to (2 &1/4" long, vs 3/4" for all others). I'll attach a closeup..."

@john-c-knopf • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Yes, SteveC, I see a wire fret, right up against the nut! Maybe the nut needs to move back?"

@steve-c • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"I think I see on the scheitholt, a wire first fret peeking from behind the nut that is laying down."

@salt-springs • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??:

"Yea, Dan Cox just built one of those for me...........there are pics on this site.............tuned daa, three strings and is called a raffele...some have..."

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??:

"I do hope Wilfied Ulrich see this and can provide an answer. I think because of the drone strings in sets of three It might be called a kratzither. Here is..."

@robin-thompson • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Liked a group discussions item created by @leo-kretzner: A scheitholt with no first fret

@ken-longfield • 2 months ago

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@ken-longfield • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Hi, Leo, most Pennsylvania German zitters are made by amateurs and not by musical instrument makers. To the best of my knowledge there is only one identified..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"By the way, here are the measurements: 31 and 1/4" length from headstock to end. Vibrating string length 22 and 3/4". Width is 2 and 3/4" at headstock, 2 and..."

@nate • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Liked a group discussions item created by @leo-kretzner: A scheitholt with no first fret

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??:

"Okay, here are the pictures. Two of the pictures are from a French poster I've had forever and don't recall the provenance of, showing a woman playing the..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Created a new Group discussion "Is this simply a type of hummel, or something else??":

"This instrument was bought at an antique store and they knew nothing about it. I will add the pictures in the next post, as that seems to be the only..."
Dulcimer Ancestors

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Posted a new Comment on A scheitholt with no first fret:

"Okay, for some reason this comment window includes an "attach file" button, which the window for starting a new discussion didn't (unless I am partially..."

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29

https://fotmd.com/leo-kretzner/group_discuss/3219/https://fotmd.com/leo-kretzner/group_discuss/3219/a-scheitholt-with-no-first-fret

@leo-kretzner • 2 months ago • comments: 29
Created a new Group discussion "A scheitholt with no first fret":

"I recently acquired a scheitholt, which I was amazed to find on Craigslist under musical instruments, as that category is 99.9% guitars, amps and modern..."
Dulcimer Ancestors

@davisjames • 2 months ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Quen a omagen da virgen:

"Hi Martin.This sounds great!I'm curious,how do you get the shruti box to sound without your hands?"

@davisjames • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @bing-futch: Dulcimerica Episode 720 - "Going To Winfield Pt. 1"

@davisjames • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on New Dulcimer Sympathetic Demo:

"Wow!That is so cool!"

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