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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on March 23, 2012 at 9:31pm

http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/     here`s a whole web site just for dulcimers, i`m a member as well as Diane....great bunch of folks with tons of info, pic`s, vid`s, discussions and groups. If your into dulcimers i would suggest you join up.

Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on March 24, 2012 at 1:53am

Thanks for the addition Randy, I am a member of "Friends of the mountain dulcimer" as well, and cant explain how I forgot to put the link on the list. But then I cant remember starting this thread. Tequila or senility. Cant remember that either.

Thanks again!

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on March 24, 2012 at 4:29am

And somewhere on Gitty's site is a little tutorial I wrote on making a 2-box mountain dulcimer, but I can't find it now since the site is all new-and-improved.

Permalink Reply by Bob Lumpkin on April 13, 2012 at 11:10am

Hi there: I'm fixing to build a "StrumStick" using this cute little trapazoid shaped cigar box & was wondering if I could just copy the scale & fret spacing from my Mountain Dulcimer? It's about a 26.5" scale or VSL as some call it. Any other ideas will be helpful.

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on April 13, 2012 at 12:51pm

You could, but it is hard to get the fret positions exact when copying from an existing instrument.  Instead, you can print a fret template of your desired VSL, and use that to mark the positions.  Most folks use Wfret, but I don't because it doesn't work on Mac, and I am of no help here!

Permalink Reply by Bob Lumpkin on April 13, 2012 at 1:33pm

Thanks Diane: I can usually make paterns for stuff I copy that work out pretty good. I'll check out Wfret, got some other sites that have good caculations. (wish I had a Mac !) I'll let you all know how this turns out. Seems to be a big community for Dulicmers here & elsewhere. I'll check it out when I can.

Thanks; Bob

 

Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on April 14, 2012 at 3:25am

Heres another link of possible interest, an available dulcimer building guide from the 60's:

http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/group/dulcimermaking/forum/topic/s...