Jonbouy


I learned to play the Beatles "All my loving" on one of these.
 
It sounds superb on one you'd almost think it was written for it because the chords and runs just fall naturally on it.
 
It was my party piece for years.
 
I gave it up because I couldn't be arsed to tune it all the time.
 

cool - what is it called?
Don't say Sharon or Brenda or something - that's the sort of smartarse and unfunny thing I would say.
It's not big and it's not clever.
 

Spoken like Paul Hogan - 'No, THIS is a harpsichord'

bapu

daryl1968



Spoken like Paul Hogan - 'No, THIS is a harpsichord'

Man, I have it all wrong. I was sure that ^ was a zither.

I'll think you'll find that you are 'all a zither' over these instruments
 

Zeither way, he seems well accomplished at auto harping.

I have a friend that harps about his autos day in and day out.

Yes Ed, I think they are all related.
 
Harpisichord > Autoharp > Chord Zither.

daryl1968


ain't JB's thing called an Autoharp or something like that?

What JB calls his thing is his business.

Jonbouy


Yes Ed, I think they are all related.
 
Harpisichord > Autoharp > Chord Zither.

tuned only by the likes of varispeed?

Jonbouy

daryl1968


Cool JB - so could you play The Third Man Theme on it?

No you need a fretboard for that, as in a Concert Zither, like the one in the fillum.

When my friend (who harps about his autos) goes to the full service gas (petrol) station he says "fillumup".

I tune my Bowed Psaltery once every few years whether it needs it or not.

The 1:1 tuners make it very difficult.

So, dulcimer fans, what do you think of these bad boys?

If you have a sincere interest in Dulcimer you may enjoy this website.

I like to stop in at their store when we are up in the mountains on our day hike vacations.

Seeing and playing on the rather large selection always puts a big grin on my face:

http://www.songofthewood.com/three_octaves.htm

http://www.songofthewood.com/chromatics.htm


best regards,
mike

Yes, the shop keeper and his wife are delightful hosts.



Bed time for me.

best regards,
mike

Beagle


honestly I love the sound of a well played hammered dulcimer. 

Beags - you can hear one here http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2656707

Meh with your paltry zithers and such I got to play a CIMBALON.We were trying to put a Hungarian band together but this puppy is a challenge to play, you use mallets.
 
The upside is you dont need varispeed, because you usually play with string instruments, violin, double bass, and those cats only have FOUR strings to tune (or in the case of a famous bass player here, ONE string)
 
 
 
 
 
It also is a biotch to haul to the gigs, you need a roady and a carpenter.