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Location: Morgantown WV
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@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on 2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV):
"The GWMF is now recruiting VOLUNTEER workshop leaders at the beginner and intermediate levels. We typically offer 3 to 5 one to one and a half hour sessions..."
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@wally-venable • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuners":
"Why are you worried about tuner precision? Electronic turners are great for many reasons, including letting folks "tune up" backstage to the same note,..."
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@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 21
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..."
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@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 21
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..."
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@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 21
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..."
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@wally-venable • one week ago • comments: 21
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..."
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@wally-venable • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
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..."
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@wally-venable • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
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..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
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..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
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..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 485
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..."
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@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
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..."
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