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@wally-venable • 5 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"John Knopf said "One thing I've noticed is how many of these songs dealt with disasters, death, sickness, loss of dear ones, etc." Isn't that what a lot of..."
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@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 47
Posted a new Comment on Short fretboard dulcimer?:
"From your questions, it appears that you are not an experienced luthier. The instrument you have shown us is one requiring a very high skill level. Few of us..."
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@wally-venable • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wedge shaped floating bridge":
"Excellent suggestion, Ken. Warren's phone number is on his website..."
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@wally-venable • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Wedge shaped floating bridge":
"I would think the bass string might have been set higher to avoid the string buzzing on some of the middle frets. There were no standard "dulcimer string"..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jewish Music":
"My primary interest in "Jewish Music" is to be inclusive in performances during holiday periods like Christmas/Chanukah and Easter/Passover. I have a number..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jewish Music":
"The request was for "Jewish worship songs." A lot of the common "Jewish songs" are holiday or folk tunes. If you are looking for TABs for music for temple or..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Good dulcimer for busking?":
"I think the loudest acoustic dulcimer I have is my Tennessee Music Box (TMB). It is home-built, and I described it in the thread..."
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@wally-venable • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Just wondering........:
"Before the Civil War, things were rather different, but by the time of Ed Thomas .... It is far too easy to write off the cultural connections of "folks..."
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@wally-venable • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to ""Extra" frets and JI vs ET":
"You will occasionally encounter DAA TABs which have 6 1/2 fret notes. Don't avoid an instrument just because it has one."
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@wally-venable • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "New Knopf Dulcimers website!":
"Your website is informative, not just a sales piece. I like the inclusion of the videos of most of your varieties letting viewers hear them."
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@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"I never saw Gainer, although I became aware of his presence on campus soon after I arrived here in 1964. He played an important part in Mountaineer Week..."
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@wally-venable • 2 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"Morgantown and West Virginia University (WVU) are only abut 15 miles from Fairmont. Dr. Patrick W. Gainer was associated with WVU from the early 1920s..."
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