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"Can you post a photo of your fingerboard? It does sound unusual." Diane in Chicago replied Jul 1, 2014 to Fret Spacing - standard and not	57	Jul 1, 2014 Reply by Jesse Halter
"Here's a thread that will answer your questions, likely more answering than you'd re…" Diane in Chicago replied Jun 4, 2012 to Dulci and guitar frets	4	Jun 4, 2012 Reply by Bluesheart
"You could, but it is hard to get the fret positions exact when copying from an exist…" Diane in Chicago replied Apr 13, 2012 to Dulcimer building tips and resources	7	Apr 14, 2012 Reply by Mark Bliss
"And somewhere on Gitty's site is a little tutorial I wrote on making a 2-box mountai…" Diane in Chicago replied Mar 24, 2012 to Dulcimer building tips and resources	7	Apr 14, 2012 Reply by Mark Bliss
"If you use this gizmo: http://www.strothers.com/string_choice.htm and enter each str…" Diane in Chicago replied Nov 1, 2011 to Strings and tuning	2	Nov 7, 2011 Reply by Jeff Lamer
"I only put markers at the octaves. The other frets positions are pretty obvious bec…" Diane in Chicago replied Oct 31, 2011 to Where to put Fret Markers?	4	Sep 1, 2012 Reply by Rand Moore
"Can you try opening the PDF file in another viewer, either Adobe or Preview? It seem…" Diane in Chicago replied Oct 11, 2011 to First successful CBD build	18	Oct 13, 2011 Reply by George Durbin
"When you run the program with your specs, you also get the table. Is the table accu…" Diane in Chicago replied Oct 11, 2011 to First successful CBD build	18	Oct 13, 2011 Reply by George Durbin
"Wait! If including a larger number of frets in your fret calculator (while leaving…" Diane in Chicago replied Oct 11, 2011 to First successful CBD build	18	Oct 13, 2011 Reply by George Durbin
"I just try to hit the melody strings harder than the drone bass one. And I do pick…" Diane in Chicago replied Sep 12, 2011 to Why the Mountain Dulcimer's drone sounds better than a Stick Dulcimer's	16	Sep 4, 2014 Reply by wormil

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making my first dulcimer/strumstick/ kind of thing,

Started by GARAGE HERMIT. Last reply by GARAGE HERMIT Mar 30, 2022. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Any dulcitar and strumstick festivals, gatherings or events.

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Miniature dulci-tar for young child

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Mountain dulcimer phaser type sound?

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Need sources to buy dulcimer soundboard wood

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Newest Dulcitar

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"Evolving" dulcimer fret patterns?

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Completed my first strummer/Dulcitar

Started by Greg Thompson. Last reply by Paul Craig Sep 7, 2015. 6 Replies 3 Likes

playing question

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Strum stick

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Dulcimer Documentation Project, Anyone Interested?

Started by Rand Moore. Last reply by QGolden May 15, 2015. 4 Replies 1 Like

newbie help

Started by stav. Last reply by Ellwood T. Bear Apr 6, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Mountain Dulcimer Necks

Started by Bluesheart. Last reply by Bluesheart Apr 1, 2015. 10 Replies 0 Likes

What about a blues-cimer?

Started by Diane in Chicago. Last reply by Brown Water Jerry (Rice) Nov 10, 2014. 21 Replies 0 Likes

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

Started by Rand Moore. Last reply by wormil Sep 4, 2014. 16 Replies 0 Likes

Fret Spacing - standard and not

Started by Diane in Chicago. Last reply by Jesse Halter Jul 1, 2014. 57 Replies 6 Likes

Dulci scale length

Started by Bluesheart. Last reply by Bluesheart Nov 24, 2013. 9 Replies 1 Like

my first strummer

Started by Bad Wolf. Last reply by Battmann Aug 31, 2013. 6 Replies 3 Likes

just finished this little stick strummer

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