AGP #315 - “Tillo”
(Appalachian Dulcimer)
Scale : 675mm / 26 ⅝inches
Tuning : A / D / a / a /
Strings .022BW/.015PS/.011PS/.011PS/
Picked up this little $20 second hand store purchase on one of my regular trips West, ‘’Tillo’’ the guy who owned the store had no idea of what sort of instrument it was!, obviously it had no Tuning Pegs or Strings and the Tail of the strings appeared to be originally held on by Tacks, looks like it was built by a Wood Working enthusiast, its reasonably well made albeit from cheapish materials, the Block Ends are solid Pine, the Box is 4mm Hardwood 3Ply and the Neck a Hardwood of some sort, possibly Tassie Oak, but looks more like some of the hardwood pallet timbers I’ve used in the past, stripped and sanded off some poorly painted Floral Art and what looked like a very thin coat of a clear plastic finish of some sort, added a few of my Build Methods, and gave it one coat of a 50/50 Linseed Oil and Turps mixture, didn’t have exactly the String Gauges I wanted to use but came up with something close enough, reasonably loud, but not as loud as my first Dulcimer attempt from all those years ago! AGP #62 – ‘’Brownie’’ :-D
Tags:
Comment
"Thanks Korrigan" :-)
Nice score and rebuild AGP!
"Thanks Erasmo" , Yep! good price, added an extra $10 worth of tuners & strings etc., for an all up cost of $30 :-)
"Thanks UJ", can't take the credit for building this one!, just the restoration work! :-D
"Thanks Dave", use a lot of different types of Oils, Lacquers, Varnishes Etc., on my builds, the 50/50 Turps Linseed mix is one of my favourites, particularly on some of our Aussie Hardwoods :-)
"Thanks Wes, StorminSteve & James O" :-)
Good Job on the rebuild very good looking Dulcimer AGP#
Beautiful. Most of us are CBG makers. You are edging into being a real luthier.
Looks like a beauty AGP. I used to use your finish mix for oil painting back in art school days. A nice oil finish. Smells good too.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray 13 hours ago. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Started by Timothy Hunter in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Mar 21. 11 Replies 2 Likes
Started by Taffy Evans in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 10. 1 Reply 3 Likes
Started by Cigar Box Nation in Feature Articles. Last reply by BrianQ. Mar 9. 4 Replies 3 Likes
Started by Ghostbuttons in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Mar 9. 5 Replies 1 Like
Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 8. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Ken I in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Brian partington Mar 8. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Southern Ray in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box related. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 6. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Taffy Evans in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 5. 4 Replies 2 Likes
Started by Nomad Jack in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 2. 6 Replies 1 Like
Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Carl Floyd Mar 1. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Joe in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Feb 29. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Chance in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 22. 12 Replies 1 Like
Started by Cigar Box Nation in Feature Articles. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 21. 2 Replies 4 Likes
Started by Brad in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box related. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 19. 6 Replies 3 Likes
Started by Jacob Shook in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 16. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Southern Ray in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 16. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Skeesix in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Skeesix Feb 6. 2 Replies 1 Like
Started by Timothy Hunter in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Steve M Jan 31. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Mi Rankin in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Justin Stanchfield Jan 27. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Posted by Vlad on March 6, 2024 at 2:32am 5 Comments 2 Likes
Posted by billy jones bluez on February 28, 2024 at 2:09pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by billy jones bluez on February 17, 2024 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by Vlad on February 11, 2024 at 1:06am 1 Comment 1 Like
Posted by billy jones bluez on February 8, 2024 at 4:05pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
May 11, 2024 from 11am to 8pm – Speakeasy Grill
0 Comments 0 Likes© 2024 Created by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker. Powered by
Cigar Box Nation is presented by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, your one-stop-shop for Cigar Box Guitar parts and accessories!
You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!
Join Cigar Box Nation