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@wally-venable
• 3 days ago
• comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
">>> I’m hunching over the fretboard ....
Have you reviewed your music stand and glasses ?
After 60 many of us are wearing bi-focal glasses. You my..."
@wally-venable
• 4 days ago
• comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
">>> Part of the issue is I'm a small person (5' tall) and cannot reach the floor with my feet on most chairs...
I'm almost 5'6", but with short..."
@wally-venable
• 4 days ago
• comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
"I found one video which I won't argue with:
How to sit and hold your mountain dulcimer. Really easy dulcimer lesson #1
I use a 2-inch foam block..."
@wally-venable
• 4 days ago
• comments: 21
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer ergonomics?:
"We can't make constructive suggestions until we know how you are sitting and playing.
Are you slouched on a couch with your elbows hitting cushions?
Are you..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "dulcimer kit":
Posted a response to "dulcimer kit":
"Your picture of the "bridge" end doesn't show enough to make good guesses about it. Two photos, top and side, could help.
A straight on side shot of the head..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "dulcimer kit":
Posted a response to "dulcimer kit":
"Hill Country Dulcimers, successor to The Dulcimer Factory (TDF), used a variation of that style head and a zero fret in 2002. Possibly TDF also made a..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":
"You don't need to buy a replacement blank made of bone, or other super-hard material. Those can be a good choice, but they are hard to shape.
You can use..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on 2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV):
Posted a new Comment on 2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV):
"Applications for performance slots are now open.
There is a registration form accessible via..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 484
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
"Virtually any lap dulcimer can be strung with the common package sets for either DAA or DAD. Typically plain Steel .012, .012, .014, Nickel Wound .022.
I'm..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":
Posted a response to "Optimum spacing for the two melody strings":
"Ken Longfield said "Back in 1974 I would guess that McSpadden recommended using a wood glue like Original Titebond or Elmer's Wood Glue."
I would agree as..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Lucy M. Long's brief history of the mountain dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Lucy M. Long's brief history of the mountain dulcimer:
"The history page is a good summary.
If you work upwards from that page, you get to the Sweet Music Index..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 1
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2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)
2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)