Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Posted in Music on Apr 30th, 2008
Music, the word we use in our everyday language, is nothing less than the picture of our Beloved. It is because music is the picture of our Beloved that we love music. But the question is what is our Beloved and where is our Beloved? Our Beloved is that which is our source and our [...]
Most of the work I do involves light trimming, fitting and the shaping of parts. I prefer paring chisels for the precision, reach and control they offer. I was lucky enough to find a few old Buck cranked and straight paring chisels at an antique mall a few years ago. These chisels are great for [...]
Posted in Fun on Apr 28th, 2008
And now for your listening pleasure….. “Jew’s Harp Bill” Parkophone Records E6357 – The Greene Brothers:
Posted in Music on Apr 23rd, 2008
The dulcimer album is almost done and the hammered dulcimer album is in the home stretch. Mastering should begin in a few weeks. I’ve been recording with Glenn Brown at Glenn Brown Productions in East Lansing. The sound is wonderful, true audiophile quality.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2008
“I have two ways of loving You; a selfish one and another way that is worthy of You. In my selfish love I remember You and You alone. In that other love You lift the veil and let me feast my eyes on Your Living Face.” -Rabi’a Al-’Adawiyya
Here’s where I’m starting off this morning. Today I’ll start working on the pegheads.
Just thought I’d put up a few pictures of #81 as it moves through a few stages of construction. This sides and back are from a very nice piece of curly Walnut and the top is a very stiff piece of Sitka Spruce with a fair amount of bear claw figure. Unfortunately my lack of [...]
Posted in Music on Apr 10th, 2008
Somehow I ended up with mp3s of an album of Khmer dance music, probably a download I found somewhere online. This is amazing, high spirited music. The instrumentation features some type of hammered dulcimer, zither, bowed instruments and percussion. I did a web search recently to learn more about this music and learned that the [...]
I have mentioned before that I prefer working with hand tools. There are a number of reasons for this. A hand tool becomes an extension of my hand when working and I feel more intimately involved in the work. I get a sense of feedback from the wood and the tool letting me know what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 3rd, 2008
Yes, the Jewsaphone. This is the coolest though not the most musically useful Jew’s harp I own. I had to have one though I don’t play it often. Perhaps the most positive aspect of owning a Jewsaphone is that it slowed down my habit of acquiring any old Jew’s harp I could get my hands [...]
