Dulcimerville is going to be wonderful! Though it is only the first year of the festival it is being presented by Lois Hornbostel and Lois knows what she is doing! Lois has been organizing well-known, fun and successful dulcimer gatherings for almost 25 years. I am usually somewhat frantic the day before a road trip. [...]
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A Small Shop Visitor
Posted in Fun on May 22nd, 2010
To be totally honest the little visitor was hanging out in the basement. My shop is upstairs but the table saw lives in the basement so I guess it counts as part of the shop. Our home is a 100 year old farm house with what is called a Michigan basement; a simple basement with stone and mortar [...]
While traveling with my wife’s family we came across The Birds Of Vermont Museum. The museum was closed but we soon came across Bob Spear, the museum’s founder, coming back from a hike in the nearby woods. Mr. Spear kindly offered to open the museum for us and we were very happy not to have [...]
Here are some photographs of things going on in the shop that have been cluttering up my hard drive. As a dulcimer maker I do a lot of fine, detailed work requiring extreme precision and accuracy. Perhaps this is why I love using a mallet! Here is my often used mallet resting on top of [...]
Some odds and ends I’ve gathered from here and there. Some of these ideas make sense. Some make some sense. Some I’m just not sure about.
Boing To The World!
Posted in Fun, Jew's Harps on Dec 22nd, 2009
Many of my friends know that I have chosen two possible epitaphs for my tombstone that I feel succinctly sum up certain aspects of my life: “No One Said There Would Be Math” “He Played The Hammered Dulcimer But Never Made A Christmas Album” In light of the second possibility I would like to share [...]
The Okeh Laughing Record – 1922 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
I had a great time at Dulcimer Week 2009, a wonderful festival organized and produced by the lovely and talented Lois Hornbostel. One evening I performed a set of three songs. I decided to “clear the palate” between two somewhat serious songs with something “a little lighter.” The song in question was “Shame And Scandal [...]
On My Way To The Cranberry Dulcimer and Autoharp Gathering
Posted in Dulcimer, Friends, Fun, Hammered Dulcimer on Jul 23rd, 2009
I’m starting to pack for a road trip. I’ll be setting up a booth and showing my dulcimers at The Cranberry Dulcimer and Autoharp Gathering near Syracuse, NY. I’ll also be offering a hammered dulcimer workshop. The last time I played at this festival was in the late 1980′s or the early 1990′s. Should be [...]
I put a lot of time into choosing which pieces of wood become a finished dulcimer. Sometimes I spend hours deciding which board (or boards) will provide the top, back peghead, fretboard, endblocks and sides for a particular dulcimer. I am currently working on two walnut dulcimers. One is curly with beautiful red, brown and [...]
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