Jamie, I have your instructional video. You are a gifted player indeed. What kind of music is Zilla? I suggest you post at www.everythingdulcimer.com. Click...
Pooyan, I saw the following news: http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=250744 (in Persian) Have you heard about this? All the best, Peyman Hand...
Dear all, first of all I would like to welcome the new member to this groupe. There ist a HD festival in China and some Persian Santoor players are playing...
Dear members and friends, recently I had the pleasure to be invited by Kobi Ha-Go'el to the yearly opening concert of the Center for Oriental Music and Dance...
Hi Someone was asking about an 'international dulcimer festival' in China. This was in fact the CWA Congress - ammeting of the CWA every two years, each time...
I thought the list was dead since no one seems to ever post on it. Since someone did I thought I'd post. My new 16/15 HD made by Gary Capps arrived on...
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Nov 21, 2005 1:19 am
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I'm surprised he didn't ask you to send it back for repair. I've found most if not all HD makers are very fussy about their dulcimers and if not modified...
He built it as a favor for me. And he spent literally hundreds of hours on it, and I do know a bit about woodworking. He is probably going to just build...
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Nov 21, 2005 10:01 pm
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Hi! We are the Inactivists. Our sax/clarinet/accordion guy is moving back to Portland, and we're looking for something to fill the void. Would any of you be...
Are you comfortable with removing the strings and the floating soundboard to get at the bracing? I've done it before but I was very careful about marking the...
... Excellent way to do it. And it should NOT be a daunting task. The hardest part is getting the first couple strings on because they hold everything in...
Gary put in bridge supports and you can see the cocobolo inset where the screws are so all I have to do is center the bridges with the dots and it's where it...
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Nov 22, 2005 4:52 pm
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In a message dated 11/22/2005 10:52:19 A.M. Central Standard Time, pgoelz@... writes: Stuff I use is called "Pin-Tite". I tried to find a source on...
... Be prepared for some fine adjustment though. In my experience, no mechanical location device is accurate enough to repeatedly get you a perfect fifth...
Here is a link to photosite where I have all my instruments' pictures on, first is the Yangqin, second is the 16/15 HD prior to me disassembling it, and then...
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Nov 22, 2005 7:40 pm
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Unless hide glue does it won't creep. I've heard of hide glue come loose when an instrument was left in the summer in a closed car, but then the temps get...
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Nov 23, 2005 12:02 am
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i'm new to this list, but not to playing hd, although i have very little (basically non-existent) contact with other players. i bought a dusty strings 16/15...
Oh boy! Are you in for a surprise when you finally get that thing in tune! It'll sound wonderful! Unless your talking about string stretch, which happens more...
... Yes you could. But the solution is not always easy to implement. Fortunately it's a pet subject with me ;) If you have to tune one side at a time........
writing as a fiddle player also--is it possible to use a little pencil graphite to make smoother the contact point through the center groove? also, if it seems...
In a message dated 11/23/2005 10:10:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, zion@... writes: if it seems necessary to loosen the strings and move the bridge a ...
... Not sure if it will help as the down pressure is WAY higher than a fiddle, but it certainly can't hurt. ... Yup. Unless you are absolutely fanatical about...
The graphite probably won't be needed if the top of the bridge is delrin. If it's brass or steel the graphite might help. As far as the strings go the steel...
Okay I broke a string only broke about an inch off it's end but that was enough to make it too short to use. So I think to myself, there has to be a music...
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Nov 24, 2005 8:29 am
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First off, Happy Thanksgiving. The only thing really you should worry about is if the string has a bead on the end or is looped, period. As far as guessing...
Temporarily I'm using some 20 gauge wire wrapped I had on hand. loop end, so two of them equal a course. I just finished getting it strung it is not tuned I...
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Nov 24, 2005 9:32 pm
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If the wrapped wire is going over delrin be careful. You have to alternatively tune up a bit then press on the pin side to help slide the wrapped wire over...
LOL I broke three strings before figuring this out as well. The wrapped strings are temps till the care package from Gary arrives next week. Now to what I'm...
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Nov 25, 2005 12:24 pm
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... You can find it in the Schaff catalog and more than one piano source online. The important thing is to actually buy genuine "Pin-Tite," because of how it...
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