Greetings all! Just discovered this mailing list. I currently play a homemade 12/11 dulcimer my dad and I made back in 1996. I would love to try my hand at ...
Hello Justin! You are very welcome to this mailing list. Hope that you will enjoy your membership here. Regards, Pooyan Nassehpoor (moderator) www.santoori.com...
I love the osund of the hammered dulcimer and am very interested in learning how to play one. However, I would like to rent/lease one prior to purchasing. I...
Dear freinds, Hi. Here are a few music videos on youtube you might want to check out. If you could not follow the links bellow, you might simply type "Roozbeh...
Dear members, Zelli is definitive one of the most brilliant technical singers of the history of Persian classical music from Pahlavi era. There are really a...
Hi, Jim, Dusty Strings up here in Seattle rents hammered dulcimers. (They also make and sell them.) You can find them at www.dustystrings.com. - Paul...
Several months ago I inquired about music that sounds good on the hammered dulcimer. One suggestion was Metallica. I tried their music, but not knowing it,...
I previously owned a HD but didn't play it much for I didn't have a place to set it up, so I decided for the time it was best to sell it. Now that I have more...
George, I remember that post....In fact, I posted it. My comment was not an absolute statement that Metallica sounded good, but rather that one can play any...
Suitable music? Shoot, We (No Strings Attached) have been doing all sorts of crazy music for almost 30 years now. Check out players like Guy George, ...
You might want to check out David Lindsdey's dulcimers (www.davidsdulcimers.com). He designs his dulcimers specifically for low sustain. Also, they are very...
Hi all, I noticed the other day that my hammers are starting to get chipped. I'm playing in a contra dance band and am starting to go to a number of jams....
It might depend on who made them. I turned a set of Ed Hale hammers nearly to sawdust before gluing on felt and using the leather sides. They were pine I...
if you get some real chamois skin (the leather, not the cloth), use Elmer's white glue (I like the wood glue and not the home hobby stuff) and get the chamois...
Bob Bedard (Joyful Noise Hammers), has some that have ebony edges (or are half ebony). That's a HARD material and will stand up to your abuse. You can see his...
I have an aluminum pair of hammers with wood grips... very lightweight... I usually use my wood hammers though, I find it easier to get more balance and ...
... Wow, your UPS driver must REALLY be ROUGH on your shipments.... ;) Paul Paul Goelz Rochester Hills, MI paul at pgoelz dot com http://www.pgoelz.com...
The folkjam.org festival and workshop calendars are here to help you plan your 2008 festival season. The listings range from well known festivals to local...
... If a session got so noisy that I needed bare wood hammers, I'd leave. I HATE the sound of bare wood. I have some hammers that are BARELY padded, but I...
... And there is the crucial issue. We don't need to pound so much. If you haven't heard Paul play you should. great control and musicality and never...
Hammers can be made out of all types of material. A few days ago I stopped to watch someone playing an enormous hackbrett (probably three times the size of my...
Hello, everybody. I am not a computerphile and so haven't joined in your chats, but I often read your very interesting and entertaining conversations. I play...
I think the last issue of Dulcimer Player News had a good article about traveling with the HD. You might want to get a back issue. Here's their site: ...
Although I haven't tried it, Rick Thum states that the Traveler will fit in the overhead compartment on an airplane. I'd call Rick and talk with him about his...
... In the "good old days" I flew with my Webster several times because in its soft case it would fit nicely in the overhead of a DC-10 or a 737. Make sure I...
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