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Friday, December 7, 2012

A Side Project - Completed

So the Dulcimer I have been building for a friend is now done! I'm happy with the looks and the sound. To recap it is Narra back and sides, Walnut top, fingerboard Walnut and Honduras Rosewood. Scroll peg box with open guitar style tuners. Finish is Amber shellac.

The main design feature for me is the fact the the fingerboard slopes up off the top as it approaches the strum hollow and is braced at the open strum hollow. This was done in an attempt to improve volume.. It seems to have worked since for a Dulcimer the volume is decent. stung with .011; .011; .013 and .024(w) strings for DAdd tuning and a 25.4 scale length.




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