Diane "anutter" thing. With the flimsy tin tops I've had to add a "sound post" much like a fiddle has to keep the bridge pressure from distorting the lid. I...
Four little tin-tars, 15", dulcimer fretting, .032/.024/.014 strings. You can see them on the homepage, link to new photos. Have to tweak the bridges on...
It really depends on how you are tuning your instrument. Tabs, since they use string and fret numbers, only show where to put your fingers. If you are tuning...
So, let us see a picture..................... 3-strings? ... From: depace_nm To: cookietinbanjo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:41 PM ...
You should be able to use any dulcimer tab. You made a diatonic-fretted 3-string instrument that is tuned in a dulcimer tuning, right? Therefore you should...
But I believe most mountain dulcimer tabs have strings reversed from stick dulcimer. So you'll have to switch the notation for high and low strings. diane...
Hi Diane, I have a "First Act" dulcimer that the grand kids gave me for Christmas one year. I use it mostly for "speramentin'" with piezos and stuff. Since it...
I think the dulcijo playing is done in a strumming style, using a flat pick or strum with your thumb or finder nails. A 5-string has a high g 5th string...
There is an instrument that I recall also being called a dulcijo. It has a short 3rd string and regular length 1 and 2. Played like a banjo with the bum...
I use a .008 guitar string for my long 5th on my 5-string. I tune it to hi-g. I don't have a short string. That's a 26 1/2" scale. You could also put a spike...
Here's how I've done the 5th string on some of my banjos. I am thinking about going with a bone nut, instead of the screw nut to make tuning a little...
Hi folks. Just beginning to explore making a 5 string cookie tin banjo. I'm aiming for a slightly muffled old-time sound. I'm unclear about whether the...
It really depends on the strength of your tin. Some of them will just collapse if the top isn't left on. Some older tins were made of thicker metal but even...
Newbie here! I'm in S. Korea and everything here is stainless steel or brass. I just bought an awesome "tin" with an embossed lid. However, the lid gives a...
1st: No, I do not think it would work itself out. I don't like using lids as the sound board/head. String pressure tends to dent it which in turn causes the...
Thanks! For 1) I did wrap it tight with wire and then put a bridge under it. It made a sound, but definitely the bowl side sounded better... bummer. But the...
It's not cookie tin, but I was designing circular body instruments in my head on the way to work this morning. Though it may not be the most fully resonant,...
I've thought about making a bass out of a large piece of Soma tube, which is what I think you are talking about but I couldn't find any around here at any of...
Yes I'm familiar with that site. Lots of good ideas about how to build can-based banjos. I like the tailpiece and the way they fret them using a continuous...
Ron, is this still active? We're getting together a drive at the Handmade Music Clubhouse (dot com) and I remembered posting the link on my old myspace CBGHQ...
I've been looking for a low cost, low mod substitute for tuning keys. I was considering actual friction pegs, but found the cost fairly close to the economy...
It's always a great time at Fiddle Fest and the American Heritage Music Festival in Grove on Grand Lake, June 7, 8, 9 (it's always the first full week in...
