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"Hi Jim, Unless you are going to do a lot of building, buy the wood you need, and hav…" Richard Sanabia replied May 12, 2011 to Table saws...? for getting Thin Wood	18	Aug 2, 2011 Reply by Lewin E Leven
"Use guitar D, .022 - .026 wound, then a guitar G raised to A, usually about .017-014…" Richard Sanabia replied Feb 16, 2011 to Strings and tuning	8	Feb 16, 2011 Reply by Henry Dervaric
"Hello Jarmo. I would use three strings in 1-5 tuning, C,G,c, D,A,d, or A,E,a are com…" Richard Sanabia replied Oct 10, 2010 to Dulcimer building	8	May 8, 2011 Reply by Wiley Rutledge
"Sometimes the action is too high on a cigar box guitar, and even a tuning you are us…" Richard Sanabia replied Aug 31, 2010 to Strings and tuning	8	Feb 16, 2011 Reply by Henry Dervaric
"As a woodworker you have a real leg up on building instruments that are playable. Mu…" Richard Sanabia replied Jul 25, 2010 to 1st Dulcimer CBG	4	Jul 26, 2010 Reply by Kelvin Holitzki
"Wow wee Diane. What a great dulcimer. Your builds get more and more creative. I am a…" Richard Sanabia replied Jun 19, 2010 to The CB MD Project	6	Jun 20, 2010 Reply by joni bishop
"Very cool! I'm starting to build a double neck, resonator 3 string, and baritone 3 s…" Richard Sanabia replied Feb 24, 2010 to Double Neck Dulci...	8	Feb 24, 2010 Reply by Jim Mitchell
"Hi, I hope you decide to make a CBG dulcimer. I have made these in all lengths, and…" Richard Sanabia replied Oct 25, 2009 to Making the transition from CBG to CBD — help for a newbie	2	Oct 25, 2009 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"Great stuff Diane. I hope folks learn how useful these scales can be. I use them all…" Richard Sanabia replied Oct 11, 2009 to Fret Spacing - standard and not	57	Jul 1, 2014 Reply by Jesse Halter
"Very cool! I like them little ones...." Richard Sanabia replied Sep 23, 2009 to First (diatonic) build!	4	Sep 23, 2009 Reply by Fergus Morris

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Mountain Dulcimer Necks

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What about a blues-cimer?

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Why the Mountain Dulcimer's drone sounds better than a Stick Dulcimer's

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Fret Spacing - standard and not

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Dulci scale length

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my first strummer

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just finished this little stick strummer

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Richard Sanabia's Discussions (81)

"Hi Jim, Unless you are going to do a lot of building, buy the wood you need, and hav…"

"Use guitar D, .022 - .026 wound, then a guitar G raised to A, usually about .017-014…"

"Hello Jarmo. I would use three strings in 1-5 tuning, C,G,c, D,A,d, or A,E,a are com…"

"Sometimes the action is too high on a cigar box guitar, and even a tuning you are us…"

"As a woodworker you have a real leg up on building instruments that are playable. Mu…"

"Wow wee Diane. What a great dulcimer. Your builds get more and more creative. I am a…"

"Very cool! I'm starting to build a double neck, resonator 3 string, and baritone 3 s…"

"Hi, I hope you decide to make a CBG dulcimer. I have made these in all lengths, and…"

"Great stuff Diane. I hope folks learn how useful these scales can be. I use them all…"

"Very cool! I like them little ones...."

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