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Nate
@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Ken Longfield: Thanks, Nate. I see that I didn't pay attention to that in the original post. It seems like an awful lot of work compared to installing them..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Thanks, Nate. I see that I didn't pay attention to that in the original post. It seems like an awful lot of work compared to installing them the conventional..."
Nate
@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"John Pettreemusic: Bizarre is using bunt pans.....Love yer stuff Nate!   Thank you, I appreciate it John! With that said, I have to admit Ive seen a ton of..."
Nate
@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Ken Longfield: Were the mounting plates of the tuners screwed to the bottom of opening in the peg head?   Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song."   Ken if i..."
Nate
@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Soldering tuners into a metal cage gives new meaning to the phrase "locking tuners" LOL"
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Just doing some quick "shop think'n"  A thin strip of wood or metal/brass/copper as a cover, mounted flush with the peg box might give it a nice "it was..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"I think I understand the tuning machines now. It appears that they were placed inside the peg head with the gears on the bottom. The shaft that holds the..."
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Bizarre is using bunt pans.....Love yer stuff Nate!"
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Seriously tho....Looking at the peg head, is it perhaps probable that it started with simple pegs, and this was an attempt to put in machine tuners that..."
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Josephus book of antiquities page 438 b ...under pre Viking design concepts........."
Nate
@nate • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Wow thats the most bizarre system for anchoring tuning pegs that ive ever seen. Is this a method others have seen before?"
Robert Owens
@robert-owens • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Thanks again for your all's input. That makes sense about the sound posts. I think I'll just try and put them back the way they were. And I may try to..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Both James Edward Thomas and Charles N. Prichard used sound posts in their dulcimers. Thomas installed two post; one around the third fret and the other..."
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"The long thin strips across the bottom helps keep the bottom from splitting, they also provide a thicker area of mounting for the top support posts...."
Robert Owens
@robert-owens • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Thank you John & Ken for your quick responses and great advice! I think I have the tools and wood that I'll need to repair it and reinforce it, etc. I..."
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"Wow....That peg box looks like it came up from the ocean floor in an old viking ship.... I think [if it was my project] I'd start by cleaning out those..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"That looks like an interesting project. From your photos it looks like you have most of or all of the pieces you need. Since you have experience, what do you..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 5 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Made in Germany 100 years ago:
"Very nice mandolin. Here is the USA we call those bowl back mandolins "tater bugs." It is because they resemble to shape of insects known as potato bugs...."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 5 days ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on After the Flood:
"Many thanks, Val, for listening-- we're glad you like the tune!  We're slowing down and so is our music.   P.S.- The music room is a wreck!  "
Robert Owens
@robert-owens • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Help with restoring a 1962 Arthur Dixon dulcimer?":
"I have a 1962 Arthur Dixon mountain dulcimer, from Whitesburg, KY, that has been in my family since it was built. It has a fair amount of cracks and other..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 5 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Made in Germany 100 years ago:
"Lovely! I have an old Wurlitzer mandolin that plays sweetly as well."
Ben Barr Jr
@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 5 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: The Garden Hymn
Ben Barr Jr
@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 5 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @cabbagejen:
"Hi Jen, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer.  It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer,..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 5 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @macaodha:
"What good fortune you and Jean Ritchie were able to meet, Val!  Though I never had the privilege of seeing her in-person , she is one of my music heroes...."
Randy Adams
@randy-adams • 5 days ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: After the Flood
Richard Streib
@richard-streib • 5 days ago • comments: 30
Posted a new Comment on Suggestions please for buying a first dulcimer:
"Joe that seems to be a good price. The Warren May is the better deal as far as value. Warren's dulcimers are considered "better" by some for playing in..."
Lilley Pad
@lilley-pad • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Don Neuhauser":
"(The Wayback Machine)  Now we are really showing our age. Rocky and Bullwinkle (Really Rock) Smile "
GreatLakes73
@greatlakes73 • 6 days ago
@greatlakes73 is now following @forums
Joe
@joe • 6 days ago • comments: 30
Posted a new Comment on Suggestions please for buying a first dulcimer:
"I've found my Mcspadden black walnut and Warren May poplar dulcimers on Facebook Marketplace for $300 each. The Warren May has never been played,  and the..."
Dwain Wilder
@dwain-wilder • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Don Neuhauser":
"I'm sorry to hear of Don Neuhauser's passing. We need to be training new talent as we get long in the tooth! Lilley Pad: Going by the pictures I've seen on..."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 6 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on @alex-lubet:
"Thanks for your kind words, everyone.  It's great to be here. I think my dulcimer journey might be a bit unusual.  I started on guitar almost sixty years..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Don Neuhauser":
"@lilley-pad Don passed away a few years back.  "
Frank Dudgeon
@frank-dudgeon • 6 days ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: After the Flood
Lilley Pad
@lilley-pad • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Don Neuhauser":
"Hello everybody, does anyone know if Don Neuhauser is still making instruments? His Dulci-Bro Resonator. Going by the pictures I've seen on the internet..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 6 days ago • comments: 4
Created a new Audio File:
After the Flood
 
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