Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Posted in Hammered Dulcimer on Jun 28th, 2008
Years ago I read somewhere that the dulcimer mentioned in the bible might not have been an early form of the hammered dulcimer. The writer thought that the instrument referred to as a dulcimer in the bible may have in fact been a bagpipe.
When searching Google Books for the word “dulcimer” I came across “Eastern [...]
Posted in Tools on Jun 23rd, 2008
I discover which tools are my favorites by how often I find myself reaching for them. When working with hardwoods the smoothing plane I most often reach for is this Chinese style smoothing plane. I have several similar planes in a variety of sizes but this is the one I keep closest to the bench.
It [...]
Posted in Whatever on Jun 21st, 2008
The trip to St. Louis was a lot of fun. It was great to spend time with my friend Robert and the concert went very well. I played dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, harmonium, whistle and sang. Robert sang and played dulcimer, electric dulcimer, ukulele, cajon, an amazingly large and sonorous bass crystal bowl and a lot [...]
I leave tomorrow for St. Louis. I’ll be doing a house concert with my dear old friend Robert Fishbone. Robert’s talents are many and sometimes not easy to define. He is a musician, story teller, performance artist, keynote performer and speaker and entrepreneur but in essence his talents are something more than the sum of [...]
Posted in Tools on Jun 3rd, 2008
Woodworking is often a dusty business. There is sawdust that gets through the mask or the quick sanding job that seems to justify not taking the 10 seconds it takes to put on a mask. My shop also has a certain amount of dust that is almost always present and this often gets stirred up [...]