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I didn't even think about this, so I went to a fret calculator and calculated fret spacing for a acoustic and a dulcimer. They are the same except that some of the frets are left out on the dulcimer. Boy, I am a total illiterate about music.
You want to save yourself alot of figuring. Go to Musicmakers.com they sell a fretting chart. It`s 2' x 3' and has scale lengths from 13" to 30 ". With lines labeled for dulcimer fretting. Ihave had one of these chart for over 20 years now and it`s so easy. You can just lay yout fret board along the desired scale length and mark off the fret lines. I turned Steve [ "roots"] on to this chart and he also said it`s too easy. I done alot of fretting over the years and have never got one wrong yet. This fretting chart is worth it`s weight in gold for the instrument builder.
I too have a fret chart, but mine is copyright 1977 & very worn at the folds, actually falling apart. Wish I could find another one, but musicmakers .com is a school for learning to play now. If you meant the one that sells kits & parts,they are harpkits.com. They don't have one listed in their catalog. Sure would like to find someplace that sells them though. Wray
Randy S. Bretz said:You want to save yourself alot of figuring. Go to Musicmakers.com they sell a fretting chart. It`s 2' x 3' and has scale lengths from 13" to 30 ". With lines labeled for dulcimer fretting. Ihave had one of these chart for over 20 years now and it`s so easy. You can just lay yout fret board along the desired scale length and mark off the fret lines. I turned Steve [ "roots"] on to this chart and he also said it`s too easy. I done alot of fretting over the years and have never got one wrong yet. This fretting chart is worth it`s weight in gold for the instrument builder.
I too have a fret chart, but mine is copyright 1977 & very worn at the folds, actually falling apart. Wish I could find another one, but musicmakers .com is a school for learning to play now. If you meant the one that sells kits & parts,they are harpkits.com. They don't have one listed in their catalog. Sure would like to find someplace that sells them though. Wray
Randy S. Bretz said:You want to save yourself alot of figuring. Go to Musicmakers.com they sell a fretting chart. It`s 2' x 3' and has scale lengths from 13" to 30 ". With lines labeled for dulcimer fretting. Ihave had one of these chart for over 20 years now and it`s so easy. You can just lay yout fret board along the desired scale length and mark off the fret lines. I turned Steve [ "roots"] on to this chart and he also said it`s too easy. I done alot of fretting over the years and have never got one wrong yet. This fretting chart is worth it`s weight in gold for the instrument builder.
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