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Comment by Bluesheart on May 25, 2011 at 7:58am

Love the look of that. Bet it sounds good too with that big body.

Comment by Rand Moore on May 25, 2011 at 5:44am

Most of my designs are simple and not flashy. This one was a particularly easy build as its based around a cookie tin for a sound box. This time, however, I cut out most of the bottom of the cookie tin and covered it with a 2mm plywood veneer in an attempt to make the instrument sound more mellow, and it seems to have worked out quite well. If you haven't built a dulcijo or a banjo (both with a short re-entrantly tuned "high" string, then I think you should give it a try. The short string as a drone gives the instrument a bit different drone sound as compared to stick dulcimers. This drone also helps the instrument sound more like a banjo. Next thing I need to do is learn frailing (claw hammer).

-Rand.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on May 24, 2011 at 10:18pm

I'd sure like to know what it sounds like when it's done. Not flashy, like some of the stuff on here, but it intrigues me nonetheless...