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@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"So what appears to be the fret board is actually the sound box or body. The frets appear to be staples as are the originals from what I read. Nice job on the..."

@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Melodies from Czech broadside ballads for DAD Dulcimer

@phil-myers • one week ago

@phil-myers is now following @davisjames

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Shopdad, there is an interesting story regarding the scheitholt reproduction. I wrote an article for DPN, with some help from Ken Hulme, regarding the term..."

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Shopdad, here is a link for the scheitholt: Praetorius scheitholt . And here is a link to one reproduction zitter I made: zitter . Ken "The dulcimer sings..."

@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Wikipedia sez: Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum . In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification..."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Hey John, Ha!, good point about the move. She may want to add more space to her craft work area. There goes my "dul- ci-more space."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Hey Ken, pictures would be great. I am especially interested in the zithers and the scheitholt, (Wow, spell check didn't like those words at all). Since I am..."

@strumelia • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @ken-longfield: The Swedish Hummel

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"I did a quick recount today. I'm happy to say that I only have 21 mountain dulcimers at the moment. In addition I do have four PA German zitters and a..."

@john-petry • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"You will have to let us know how you are going to convince her to move into the addition, so you have more dulcimer space..... I think I just realized why..."

@beth-t • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Malltraeth:

"DavisJames: I really like the way you play the one note that doesn't belong in the D scale(G#,only available on the 6+1/2 fret of the A string) without..."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"23? wow! I will save this post to show my wife the next time I make or purchase another one. In the meantime I will consider making plans to build an..."

@robin-thompson • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @ken-longfield: The Swedish Hummel

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Good ones, Wally and Shopdad. John you have recognized the beginning of the problem, if indeed one considers it a problem. Has anyone found a cure or end to..."

@ken-longfield • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Swedish Hummel":

"Thanks, Shopped. I've seen that photo before. She does have it propped up on a foot stool, but still it is a very large instrument. Ken "The dulcimer sings a..."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Swedish Hummel":

"Here it is, I thought I dumped it. One can hardly refer to this one as a "Lap Instrument""

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Swedish Hummel":

"Ken, a while I posted a picture of a very large lady holding an instrument. the site I was following labeled it Dulcimer. Yes, a far cry from what we think..."

@shopdad • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Ha! love all the comments. Yes, John, clear out some space. Ken, Walley, Now you've done it, every time I tune my instruments I will think "Directly About..."

@beth-t • one week ago • comments: 7
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: The Rosebud of Allenvale

@beth-t • one week ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Varsoviana:

"Beautiful!"

@beth-t • one week ago • comments: 7
Liked a music item created by @dan-evans: Varsoviana

@beth-t • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @dan-evans: South Wind with Cara Bo

@john-petry • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

""My only dulcimer, SO FAR....." Therein lies the first symptom of the affliction..."

@wally-venable • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"If DAD is Dulcimer Acquisition Disease, then DAA can be Dulcimers Always Accumulate."

@john-petry • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "FREE to good home...with a catch":

"Long story short...ish. I purchased this hammered dulcimer off of the Good Will auction site. Intending for a friend in Ohio to pick it up for me....Alas,..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "The Swedish Hummel":

"Many folks who have been part of the mountain dulcimer for a while are aware of European instruments that share some characteristics of our mountain..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"A couple of other interpretations of DAS and DAD are Dulcimer Acquisition Syndrome, Dulcimers Are Sweet; and Dulcimer Acquisition Disease and Dulcimers Are..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Die Schwedische Hummel:

"There is a new link to The Swedish Hummel . I was able to obtain a copy of Die Schwedishe Hummel from John Hallberg, owner and curator of the Appalachian..."

@shopdad • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"I believe DAS is Dulcimer Addiction Syndrome or something like that. I believe there are many acronyms out there for most every thing. I am a fossil hunting..."

@shopdad • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"Thanks Canard, I have posted this a couple times just after I finished it. It seems to smile every time I play it. Well. sort of if a person has a great..."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Malltraeth:

"I really like the way you play the one note that doesn't belong in the D scale(G#,only available on the 6+1/2 fret of the A string) without fingering an..."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @nick-osullivan: ross's point

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @david-beede: Castle Kelly - traditional Irish

@canard • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Stradivarius Effect":

"John, points well made and well taken. New, so not sure what DAS means. My only dulcimer so far came from an auction site with the business cards of its..."

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