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@wally-venable
• 5 days ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on The Plectrum: Picking Our Way Through Dulcimer History:
Posted a new Comment on The Plectrum: Picking Our Way Through Dulcimer History:
"Excellent collection of historical information."
@wally-venable
• 6 days ago
• comments: 30
Posted a new Comment on If you could buy your first dulcimer over again.....?:
Posted a new Comment on If you could buy your first dulcimer over again.....?:
"Your instrument isn't "a noter." A noter is a stick used instead of a finger.
Your dulcimer is intended for DAA tuning since it doesn't have the 6 1/2 (6+)..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Stoney End Dulcimers - any good?":
Posted a response to "Stoney End Dulcimers - any good?":
"I can't tell you anything about Stoney End dulcimers. There does not appear to be any prior mention of them on this forum. According to their website, the..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Amp Question":
Posted a response to "Amp Question":
"If there is no hum when the cable is plugged into the instrument and the amplifier, there is no problem. Without the instrument, the cable is acting as an..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does anyone know what kind of pick this is?":
Posted a response to "Does anyone know what kind of pick this is?":
"It appears that punches for the Fender 355 shape are no longer readily available. The only things I see on eBay are for "normal" picks. I don't find them..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Does anyone know what kind of pick this is?":
Posted a response to "Does anyone know what kind of pick this is?":
"I can't answer the question directly. I don't use soft picks and I prefer one about 2 inches long.
Looking at eBay, it seems that the readily available..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
"While the term Pennsylvania Dutch (from Deutsch or German) is primarily used to describe the Amish today, the term has broader traditional meaning. It..."
@wally-venable
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
"On the membership application:
"I first saw/heard a mountain dulcimer: ______ "
Would you expect an adult to remember when they first saw a keyboard, violin,..."
@wally-venable
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
Posted a response to "Dulcimer History and Tradition":
"I suspect that we spend more time on “history” than the players of most other instruments. How much time do modern guitars players spend on Les Paul or C.F...."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "In the days before picks.....":
Posted a response to "In the days before picks.....":
""... corset stays.. "
Typically whale bone between say 1700 and 1900."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "In the days before picks.....":
Posted a response to "In the days before picks.....":
"One might imagine Viennese, or other urban European musicians, using scraps of ivory from the shops of harpsichord builders on their zithers.
Google sez:..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
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Traditional Music Day at Pricketts Fort
Traditional Music Day at Pricketts Fort