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@wally-venable
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Is attending an Event:
2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)
2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)
@wally-venable
• 5 days ago
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2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)
2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival -(WV)
@wally-venable
• 5 days ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Gardner Winter Music Festival:
Posted a new Comment on Gardner Winter Music Festival:
"2025 Gardner Winter Music Festival Traditional Appalachian acoustic music
February 21st and 22nd South Middle School in Morgantown, West Virginia..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
"The page is
STRING TENSION GUIDE FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR It includes equations and the weights and cross-sections for various GHS strings plus a number of..."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
"Sloppy URL citation. This gives access to a relevant document
http://www.ghsrep.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/2/5/22258814/2020-ghs-acoustic-guitar-tension.pdf "
@wally-venable
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
"Bing Futch has a good 9-year old video - Dulcimerica 273 - "Sliding On The Resonator" - Mountain Dulcimer
His instrument is very much a "non-standard"..."
@wally-venable
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
Posted a response to "String guages for slide dulcimer":
"Good luck on your explorations. Please give us some reports since there is little information on slide playing available.
Most slide work seems to have been..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Differences between two dulcimers":
Posted a response to "Differences between two dulcimers":
"I am currently the custodian of two "cardboard dulcimers" which have been used in classes and as loaners for about 20 years. They still play well, although..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Differences between two dulcimers":
Posted a response to "Differences between two dulcimers":
"Have you actually played both of them? If you are buying a musical instrument, the sound and the way it fits your playing should be the deciding factor."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Barbry Ellen Tab Experiment":
Posted a response to "Barbry Ellen Tab Experiment":
"You might consider looking at Jean's The Dulcimer Book. She has a TAB for Barb'ry Ellen on page 27, along with about 12 verses of lyrics. The record you are..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 15
Posted a new Comment on For Noter Drone Beginners - Playing from Music rather than TAB:
Posted a new Comment on For Noter Drone Beginners - Playing from Music rather than TAB:
"Which is "better" really depends on your social situation. I started violin lessons about 75 years ago, and I would have preferred to use SMN, but I have..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tennessee music box just finished":
Posted a response to "Tennessee music box just finished":
"Here's a picture of the Walmart door handle I just installed on my TMB.
Because I built it with traditional 1/2 inch thick faces, the TMB weighs about 11..."