1981-03, Dulcimer Players News Vol. 7 No. 3 by Dulcimer Players News

Qussell Fluharty "The Dulctmer Man"

&lIllmer 1981

Vol. 7 No.3

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Contents &mmer 1981

Vol. 7 No.3

A Il..IU:IHElt IN 'l'HE BIG APPLE by Linda Ruaaell • • • • • • • • •• ••••. • . 3 Rf.VIEJo6. • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 1L CXl.Rl'. IL CDJRT LE flIRl:.'l' a.r r . Jean M1che 1 CDrgerm .. .. •. •• 9 EVIl'lTS CA.t.I'l«:IAR••••••• • •••••••• ••• • •• •••• • • 11 RlSSf1z, P'WHi\RI'Y: An Interview

by Madeline HacNeLL • ..• • . • . .. ... 12 s:u;s N«) '!tImS by Holly Tannen • •• •• •• • • •• • ••• • • 16

~'S NE)/ . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

PW«l"i EWII<I< PIlN<E'IT arc. Neal Hellman • .... . ... • ... . •20

OVr thov\ks 90 to the authon of articles and arrangers of tunes in this issue . In addition:

SQth Austen - la}OJt, rrusical transcription, desi9f\. Miles Tager - Manager of the Blue Ridge D.J.lcu.r SOOp. Joan Nauer - Typist Cl'uc:k Warnidt - C'a.ler photo:Jraph. Jane Jcnes, 9.lsan Janes and Ruth Arne

M/ld'MU - gene.rous assistance. Youth F'el.lowship students frail Bradcb::k Street l)'Iited Methodist Q'&1r<:h asaerbly of Spring DPN.

'I'fDPS lEIXLIP 'I'HE PIO.D arc. Peter 1bmmerup . • .•....... . . 21 tWMERED IX1t.CIMm 'IN5lA'l\IRE

by Bernie Stolla •• .• • • •• • ••••• •. 23 THE !HDISH JI.M£L: 'nE P'.aNIX RISES by Eric Blcmstodt •• • • •••••• • •••• 27 THE lASS CF PATI'IES MIIL

arr . James HOcton •• •.••• • ••••••• 32 IIJILDnG A 1:iAM'ZG> IllLCIMm by Petee Ox:n:!y ..... .. .. . ... .... 34

Dulcimer Or88nizalion.s

ClASSIPIm ADS ••• •••••••••••• • • • • •••••••.•• 37 a.HtER ron'EST ... . . ... . . . .... ... . .. . ..... .. 37

A ~ arr. Hirotaka watanabe •• . ••• •• • . ••• . • 38

Aug . 6, Aug . 20 , Sept. 8ring }OJr 0I0n Foe informatL::n OCI'ltact;

chaira. Gene Lyons, (419) 385-2478

Wl1LWXI> a.n.cIHER CWB g[OJp is cpen to lJI'I'f KU'ltain dulciJn& plAy.r in eastern h1ebra.ska and Ioeatern Iowa. Meetinc}s ace held on the 2nd &n:Jay of the IIIOnth at III!IIber ' s hc:rnea. Foe infonaation, cttItactl Pat BarnH, 6409 ~ St •• O'Mha, ME

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player. who 8\joy shari.nc) IalSLc with each other and in puolic. Interested Miaaoud reaidentE: pleaae oattact; P.O. Box 274 , St . Joeeph, M). 64506 (8161 68S-3349 oc 232-il160.

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By LINDA RUSSELL My audiences range fran Staten Island first gradeE:S to (;eonan tourists to Wall Street executives. It ckJesn ' t matter who they are; the dulcimer charms them all . Every sc:l'all group that visits Federa.l Hall is enchanted Iofith the dulciner . 'l1teir fan letters to me invaria.bly mention this e~iting instrument . By plucking my quill across the strings I feel that 1'111 able to be idge sane of the gap between the 18th century and these no:Jern tines. I talk al:xlut the daily life, the hardships. the amusements. and foe a little while the children focget atcut their 'IV sets sod lIOVies. They are enthralled by acnqs that onc:e enchanted their a.noestoca: -Barbara Allen-. "HancJ:Mn". "The Colden Vanity· . ·Soldier, SOldie~. will You M.ney Me- is • l.atg way frCIII dt-co bJt the kids l.o.fe it just the sarrel

A walk al.ong the MrrOW' streets of ~ttan ' o fi~ia~ diat~ict ~t

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titre is an assault on the senses . lbJusands of clerks an::'! executives spill out of offices. ttxns blare as irate catbies try to weave their way through clo9ged lanes. The fc1l'l'CUS intersectioo is rothing short of a carnival complete with ba~kers , refreshments, and entertainment. Men with carts hawk hot dogs and pretzels, egg creams cuD chestnuts. Willie the Preacher, a Hare Kristna band, a I»gpiper. and a juggler all raise their IIlJsic and p.!Itter in an exhilarating bJt exhausting oelebnltioo of New Yack. 'l\oIenty six steps above this confusioo that is Wall Street is Federal Hall National MeIrocial. ~re is an oasis. another Io«rld in another day . WIllk p.!Ist the Greek co11.D'lS. through the iJ!p)sing dool"S into the grcuD rotwlda and sense the 8Olib.rle, the tranquility of this beautiful place . Fran the fac end of the great hall ccrres the echoing , 900thing strains of sweet a.ucirrer rosic played t7t a colmal maiden . Here is another celelxation of New York, a'le set in the 18th centuryl I am an early AIlerican balladeer enp1oyec:l t7t the Natiooal Park service at Federal Hall 00 wall Street in New York City. It is the site of George Washingtm ' s inauguratim and the first capitol of the tklited States. In 1973 . after a long period of tenovatioo , the Park service be9an lClOking for a unique way to being new life into this old b.Jilding . ruring Illy interview for a tour guide the bet came out that folk lIllSic was a great loYe of mine. and it touched a spark in the mind of the Park ~interdent . The next day I had becx:Ioo the federal qoye~rvrent' s first official full tilre folksinger I I feel that the best way to understand histocy is to look at the W)Cds and nusic of the pElq'le who lived it. In the old aongs are fOJOd the errotioos. values and ideas of the cx:mnon peq>le of the past . And so I developed a progrlllll of story am song: in which I illt.minate the everyday life of the colonial era. Using quitar . pennyo..tJisUe, lintlerjac:k and dulcine~ I sing low ballads. hynns. marches and political broadsides .

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I'll r_rdc!d In tM knc:J"rledge that

thHe young people Iu..,. f"ederal Hall I.nderstandi.nr) theu history Just II little better than before. Singh'lCj IItxlut the "-dean RrJolutlCln mites it a bit !!!Ore e~l than reading names and dates in II ~xtt:ook. 'lb! tu:IM l»rapective shines rough the music . People cx:me to the \lbll Street Area fran all over the ll1ite<l StatU and the \ooOfld to explore the historic strHts of l.o.Jer H.lnhattan. and &) II lan~ part of ~ audienDl! are F*l'le fraa ~in. Germany. Japan and Israel. ~ic is. of CCW"se. the ... .uwraal~. ThIty lIBy not under.tand the IoOrds rut we are OCIIIlUlicating ~ the less. Recently II qroup ot f orty French to..trists carne into f"ederal Hall with their interpreter Who bplai.ned each IIOIl9 before I sang it. I SIlI'ICJ f o r half an hour to this appceciative audlenc. and as I was concluding they ~ aw last request. The interpreter leaned over and said "They would like ~ bO s ing II French 1IOIl9 . - I had no knowledge of tlw Frerch ~ or their IIllsic and I ocuIm't quite i.mc)ine giving theIII II rendition of "HadenDi_lle frc. ArnI!'tieres-1 Il.1t then. frOll the depths o f 1Ilj I!IeIIIOI'y ~ II IIOIl9 Jc:8n Bilez had ..b'Ie years befoce. I'd neYl!r sung it rut had alWilYS liked it and I tentatively began ·Plaisir d·AIlOur-. Like II wave the IIOIl9 passed through the crOld fran a'Ie voice bO the next until tlw rotunda echoed with the S'<oeet creecenOO of this interMtienal choir. There IrIeBn' t /I dry eye in the Hall. We co.1l.dn ' t cowerae rut we &Ire could singl My dulcimer pct:q)ta foreign visilDrs to tell ft> of sildar inatrl.l!el'lta in their countries - the lanqelelk . epinette. tum'el and 9Cheitholt. I<i'Ien t.hege ~ are shared the w::acld . . . . . II 8IMller place. tho! people fri8'ldlier. Business:en. 8ICretAries and messen(}era cane to federal Hall to e~ the pceasures and frenetic pace of their IoOrld. The trill of the pennywhistle and clem. of the du1ciJoor transport them foe II few rrorents to another place and titre. a llOCe trArqJil exiatenc:e. fo\Isic hath ch.1~ to SIX)the tnt savage beast even the tulls and bear III 111is }Ob has kept lie sane. 'ft1e noise and hectic prar;:. can be hard on a transpanted Wisconain oounuy <:lit 1. rut the a::nqs take !lie to rrt o.n rOOta and to /I. certain peace and serenity . It helps II"e axt Wt what i..s i.q:octant and what isn't . I try to Ix inq to II'J IIUC!.ienc:eS !JON! of that: peace.

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Tt. ala. as a -tlole i . exu ly 1oe11 I'06t flf the tuMa are r«)t that well known oJIld. there-foee , pcovidll a re-freahing intrc:D:ction to tunes ~ previously enoc:unter.d. Aa • ck.Ilcln!r 1I1tua, thl. one i.. tops. It is OJtatandlng proof that dulcimer playing don not have to be all rut and furious to CJXId . c;bw.

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It t:cDta can be j\..d:;fed bot their CClY'eU , then thia aw is a wiMer . Fro. the be.!utllully designed COY\'!r to the Cine1y call1graphed tunes, this book la firat ela. . all th. Wily. carrie crNtes .1q)1.e yet eIOquisite arrangemrntJs of medieva.l r_iuanoe am b.lr~ IIUJIlc that r..-a1n faithful to the style aM r..ling of the tbles . Her trilMCriptiQUI of lute and vihJea -.a;ic Cali nicely en the dulcimer . 'nils book cx:ul.d enoourag@ a new uerd in &U.clmlr IQIal and at.jocminor aettinr.Js of the tu'lH are perfect foe U. diata\ic scale of the dulc1...r and the awet, ct.licate Plrd of the l~tt\lQ!nt is akin to that of the lute. Alt.hrurJh all of the arr~ts are very good , ..ne perlCl'l&l. ftlvodtes arel J'ai ret !Mint

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ARrISI'S: AogIac Nicholaon , Joke WJlton lABEL: FrCl'lt Hilll -=orosI ~-(l15

Ductia . DanAe ROyale, oar.c. with me l '1bI Lark in the Clue Air . Plarutty Drury/ Hedieval Garden.! Br ight Shinn tJw I'tXlrl/ ~ Quiet t.o.ncI. of Erin/11w Wind tNt. Shall•• the Buley. 'J'he rurhanl Rardeca Side tWO " . Abbou Bccal.ey Horn Dance . the 8lact Nag! Tristan ' . SOnq/ 1teIIp' . Jig. Packin9tal', PCund/ OJant ole sui Mi, Au Aetaurl A Tarantella" O:u1try Gardena.! on. castle of Oraror~ Thrre Wi 11 • Kmppy I1r!eting In Cloryland nose [Miliar with D.Jlclmu Pitq)le are t likely aware of the contributions or itJqer Nichol.a:rl •• one of the leading play.ra of tht rule_, r.vivol. Sl1k:e M rep~ the fJUltAr with tNt dulcimer in 1968 Off his lMin in8tr~nt. he has drveloped 4 ~iquely lnter•• ting Btyle that &eeIIIS to lnCOCpocne tJw playin; styl. . of a nlmt)er of other stringed inatcl.ll'«lts to the IIXU'J tain dulcin'er. Foe thiS .lb., Al::lger t . - with" h'_lara .J!nclan with -.tlaI tw has WlXked off .00 CI'l for a I"llIIt.oer of years , Jake lelton. The -.ale is • IIlixtur. of early and uacliticnal JlUsic fca. ~lard. lrelMv:l and Sc:ot.J..am . E.ocraina lM and Bill Spence abo add a touch of wir r.spectiw talents to this llUSic pacqqe. The subtitle Ny be • bit -.i.leading In that the tlJrdy""'JUrdy is used CI'I only three of the fourteen alta. The h.Jrdyqunt/. a 9i8lll) that IOW1ds 11ke ill baqpipe of IOrts . ia just AS _11 used ooly U"l9ly. th:;Juqr-.• au.:. a carplete alb..a of t..Il:d'/-qucdy COJld delve the less-thantotally-initiated to Ita 8CU'1d a bit

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GodOe.... and NOneaJC:tll the lAIis HUan PaVant.: and A French Toy. 'nIere Is a ~lete bibli.cgrapny and &aN! nice dra_ ings IICIttered throughout the book. M excellent lIdditicrl to any c:ollecticn, this txIok 1. alre to iXovict. houc. of en~t , AS it alrMdy has fOtr this pU)"!r .

BF.ALCA'IOD FARD£L.L Bob zentz lABEL : f'bllt-Legacy FSI--67

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should rightly catch )OJ in • milot, aarewhat intrOlpeCtive 1tDOd. It'. an alb.n of 1lU81e.1 philoaophy , garnarecl [rca Bob zentz ' s perspective of inner and OJter &pIk:Ies. All t:ut three! of the a::II'I9l1 here

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altogether thOught[ul evaluat1.cns of life ' s pciorltles:. Additionally he ' • • really pretty Une ll1Sician.

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til the IMk I.ng of this alb.D. zentz C)athered a bevy of fr iand$ ffX acxlClIIPoYIi.e\t and c:hocua p..Iq::x:llflea. mk i.nc:J u. alb.n haw a navoc of parlor coca tcqetherness.

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arlieu . , Acc:aI:p6nUront took ttw forlll or qui tar • of the L~ . alt.hcuqh a few deliqhtful variatlcna a rose . He re and thera YOU ' ll find t.njo. cello, bowed . baa . fiddle , o:::nc»rtina and a " rock" ~red du1cilller. on. alba highli9ht la the ti tie u.w "8Nucatcher Facewdl , " a claaaLc n.nered ckJlct.r piece that ~ld do credi t to IIIYY claaaical cOit<*'r . nu. alb.ln i. blC'eU....t [fX ra Lny day phUceophy. You ' ll enjoy it.

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an interview with Qussell fluharty

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Mannington \>£ST VIR:iINIA

by lWJELINE MacflEIL

Russ was the first Iwrmered clI.lci.ITer player I ever heard . That was during the Harper's Ferry. West Virginia Arts and Crafts Festival in the early 1910 ' s. Fran the first IlD!I!nt WI! !lIet I was taken t:rt his love of the

instrument, of rrusic and of life itself . Althcu;lh ~ ' ve been in contact for years through DPN, we met agaln in perllOO just this past Q:tober, 1960 at the Waynesb.lrq ,

Pernsylvania festival . 'tears can erase many things , but not ouc friendship . Ch 9Jnday II'OCning as ~le eroded around him and his dulcin'er, we tried tD talk .

..,. can you tell tre abOut the histocy of dJlcimer?

IOJSS

It \rIIiIS built in the area , and I'd say it's 137 years old . I t \rIIiIS in my father ' s family . fIrj WlCle had it . He knew I picked banjo and fiddle , 90 he told lie he ' d give me this dulcimer he had at tone. I \rIIiIsn 't interested . I t didn ' t mean anything to me . Later we...ent gane tlJnting . We \rIIiIlked oot 00 the ridges in January , nine miles each \rIIiIy, and when we got back he said, '"Now , how about that dul-

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cimer?" I was 80 tired and ~ry and sleepy that I just said, "O.K., I ' ll take it." He said if I learned me tune I CXJUl.d keep it, so I learned "Sk.ip To My LoJ". That ' s the first tme 1 learned on the dulciner .

tenth anniversary.

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tbrltaineer [).llcimer Club? ~ws fot.nded

in 1971, 90 it's now our We just had a group of us playtnq , 90 we decided to ocqanize it. f'o[" ill while we &dvertiaed it as being the mly one of i t8 kind as WI! had never he4rd of any others. I belalg to five now, and there are many others 90ing

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staI:ted playing there were lots of players and lots of instrlJllel'lts , l:ut now there ' s hardly any as IIDSt of the instrUll20ts have been destroyed , and the players have died . After people started to get interested in the hlImtered dulciDEr • they cane to Vi house, measured my instnnent, and said that they were gain] to wild mes like it .

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50 )Ol ' ve been playing

atcut 40 years now.

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It ' s been 51 years come January . IlfN

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pc toe to

this? I1lJSS

Yes,- I did.

I cx:lUl.d play a fiddle, banjo, and guitar \ohm I \«IS ten years old. Not good bJt!Dle . I ~r saw an instrurtent with strings that I cou.l&l ' t play. 12

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a\rllil[e of who wilt the inst.r\ment?

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not really. After I qot interested in it , I took it to a man who said he o..ned it fifty years ago. His name was R. Phillips , and he got it off the miller . Jomny 0Jal . I asked him where he got it, and he said f[an his brother Charlie , who lived right Next door' to him. \oihen I took. it to O'Iarlie he lo:lked at it and said , "I dcn't know, it just seemed like it was always here . ~ played it at Sissy's wedding thr:lugh, so it ' s olaer . "

Tefl us moce. RUSS W'Ien I first got the dulcime[, it was ~ pletely out of tune. I touched a note on the piano and tightened a stdng IXltil it rratched. I knew I was doing it right, because I knew how to tune other instrulle\ts , and it seeIlI!d to sound nocmal. I later di9OOYe[ed I was in C, which was ...t\ere it was supposed to be. I t Wi,!lS p.lrely aocidental that I got it tuned in the right place. I tuned it up [):) Re Mi, etc. \flen

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I began to do sate reseacch en the dulciJner: in our little locality, 4ro.n:l twenty miles fCall fI'/ haDe, I found that there were cbzens of playees , tardreds of insuUlllC!l"lts , and tw:l buUdecs livirq there. O'le of them was william Vacnec, and the othec was Raymec Price. They were pcardnent builders in tt.ic day, and I da! ' t think that either cne of them playcU; they just built. I found out that Varner had an instc~t at J imttM'l , 90 1 went over to see it. When he

IlUSS nii""Cc:mnc!rce Departml'nt WlIS doing tca vel stXlWS to enhance t.OUrism in the state . J r~r CIle time they had Q'le in W!lshingtal . and cad Little fran the D::m!Ierce Departm:!nt hedrd rre play. He asked me to be in the show. They gave out all this travel literature and had to keep sending back for nore. ihlt was ~ to last f o r a WC'ek W1Ild last wee days. I Mid it \oOs the dulc~r III.Isic that did it and was iJm'ediately signed up to do rrore shc:ws . You ' d be surprised at ~ rmny friends J IMde en tlO$Iil tours . J have a standing invitatioo for IMnY televisioo statima like Charlotte, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. EVer)l'oortlece J 90 televisLoo people tell me, -Ie )OJ're in toWn stop by. we'll MYe ~ on. - I've played on nE!\oI9Casts , sportscasts - all kinds of s.hows. I rE"!lelltler ooe time I played saneplace, and the peqlle wren't interested until they heard the dulcinec instrUTJellt played . Then they all acted like they o..ned me. 'I1ley

txought it wt, it was just a little rectangUlar tox ....itiDJt lIfIY stcing8 o r places to put theII. I was a little eaburassed about it, so I said, -ttlW do ~ play it? He said , -ttl, do lIOU play the thing?- In OJr part of the country you had to have a dulciRc, just as you needed to Mve a fcoot porch to keep ~ ....ith the Joneses. \<I'Ien )OJ 'd ask socreone, they' d say, "Oh, yes , indeed we ' ve got a dulcim!r ." I know this R. Phillips wi'짜) built dulciners also. 1 asked him how nuch he chacged when he built an instct.m!nt. He looked at mine and Mid . '"Well sir. I'll tell you. the like )OJ have thece, about $3. 9.Jt if I build a good ene , it will cost $3.25.'Itlis was at:oJt fifty yean ago.

carne UP . l.ooIwd OYf!r wtj shoulder , beamed

and waited to get into the pictuce. I ' ve had scme IoOnderiul elq)eriences . (he time -..hile <bing a thing in New ~ock foe the Ccmrerce Dep/lrtJlllnt, a fellow C4IlIi! and listened to Ill! playa few times . He said I ought to be en the David host Show. He gave me a cud and said to be at the studio at 5:00 . It ' s things like that that make lIlY life really interesting . I used to stay at Sarah Gertrude Knot' s house and play for her at the Naticnal Folk Festival. As I was a visitor and friend of hers, J 90t to s it in 00 her I::oard reetings. It ' s people like that wro help Ill! keep this thing alive. Coulal ' t have dcne it myself .

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Are thece many players tcday in }OJr area? IlUSS

Yes."

Wlen 1 first formed the DJlcimec Club, I found about 50 people Ioho either bJilt Of" Played . 'l'hIIt was around 1970. 9.lt before 1960 there weren ' t any to 111 Y knowledge.

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~ first tine I saw a haJrmered dulcimer

)OJ wece playing it . IlUSS I"1iit )OJ there ' ve been h.n!ceds of people lotio have told me that.

AtJSSW. ruJHI\RI'Y

DI'N iOfia"t &Ort of

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events Mile you played?

Oiac:ograpy

IlUSS 5ill:imec ll'USic and players \o@re always in great demand at weddinqs . 'ItIe newl~s wece we.loared into the ccmrunity, 5I"ld pecple shot their shotguns, beat their tubs and carded 00 and then played rrusic . Also at bean &U ingings , ...oed cuttings, oocn sh.Jckings . It ' s said that ~tain people had litUe dulcimers. because they were too lazy to carry big ones. No , IIO.Intain people a ren't like that at all. 'l11ey ' re very l!Dbile, independent, and they make with 'oihat they Mve. If they nMd an instr\ment , they just OOild one and play it . Many people have told me that sane klnd of rrusic went waugh their country at 9CXllI! tine. but now It ' s lost. ~"'sic came into the nountaLns. ().Jr people 90t a hold of it and have kept it just like it was .

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EW RELEASES FROM I===ROBERT FORCE AND = F==J. ..... BERT d'OSSCHE:= This yeer marks the beginning of our ~ond d~ade of making music together. We'd like to thank everyone who has made the last ten years such en Incredibly rewarding experience! As a 10th Anniversary Special . we are offering our new Kicking Mule

Records release "The Art of Dulcimer" to you for only $6.00; or "Crossover" (our ensemble album) and " The Art of Dulcimer" for $10. (Please add $1 for shipping and handling .)

A.Ri Of DULCIMER

" The Art of Dulcimer" is an aU路 instrumental album featuring only the two dulcimers playing traditionlll and

original compositions. Both these albums of hot路 licks and refreshing new music carryon from where our part of the " Pacific Rim Du lcimer Project" left orr. We're sure you will enjoy them both . We are also pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the sequel to In Seerch of the Wild Dulcimer. The Wild Dul ci m er Songbook contains 22 tunes from around the world . carefu lly transcribed from both our KM releeses. Every tune is written in accepted dulcimer tab lature. stendard music notation . end guitar chords with the lyrics written into the music. Playing tips. helpful anecdotes. and beautiful illustrations make The Wild Dulcimer Songbook extremely clear. We believe you will find this collection to be one o f the most enjoyable music books to come out in a long time. Release date Is In late summer. so write us for details. P.S.

Th is years 7th Pac ific Rim Kind red Gathering will be held in Talent . Oregon . July 31. Aug . 1,2. Wr ite Willy Sears. 10798 Yank Gulch Road , Talent. Oregon 97540 for details.

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If I can, I ' U ait dIcM'I with just ~,~ . and haW' hI. or her play the t.I.Ir-.. First., I fiCJU,e OUt the ch:xda. 'then I IoOrk out &8 &ICh of the _lady /118 I CM'I by jU8t playing alone). n.n 1 t.... ~ fr ierd 90 ave" note by ~ • .rry phtaeu that I haven't gotten ~t , cnce I can play the whole t . . . . r put. it. wit.h the chOrd8 . seeing how IIUCh of the lo:Iy I can leave in while atill playing the right chorda , 'lhen I look to ... whitt. nrxes I can 1..... out.. 'I\:)O JIOI'Iy I'1OtH ota::ure the tlnt . I peerer to .par. structure , to o:.pl nt and undtrU... it.. &J playing tt. tune ov., .net ov.' I e.n .:.per~t. , flndlng the best pl«»s to play chocds. _lcdy lint . and ClCU'ltermelodi... 1 try to keep ~ chocd '-:k~ siq)le. and lNve tt. st'Qwing-olf to the fiddle , flute , CQ"ICertina , or whatever instrunent. is playing tt. IlelOdy . I 8M my function as c rUo ting a aoU d rhythDic '-:k~ against which they can !zrprOll'i.. I alao try to d'ooee tuninqa that al.low _ to use open au inga .. au:h All pouible . I loYe the way t.lwy ring out . I r__.r hea'ing 'raj Hahal 0»plaining abcut a guitarist. W10 kept playinq cloMd ctada ..., the neck . '"\'W ' re atrarqling ..., the guitar , - he Mid. -r.t. it be_the lSH;S. ~ first thing with a «ng i. to find ttw very beat key for your voice! . I ueed a b eya to sing in 0 - and 'IoOa oonvirred I couldn ' t. s i ng - because my dollcimer Wila tw1ed In D. I \oCIn ' t tell you tOoImny yoa r s i t tcok Il1O to figure out that I could tw1e the inatr~t down , to tit ~ voicel I ofte'l haw to c:hoc.-, fcr inatanoe , between keeping tt. cUlciar tu:wd til) - an octave below, and playing OUt of the fo.acth fret in U. key of A, or W'I.ing the Wole inatr'URrlt in the key B or B flat. . The latter optiCl"l allow Il'e to play l.tJdy-against""<lcaw. , but the 3trings tuI'*t tNt low ao.n:I fl.abbv. not quite in W'W. The key of A, choCded in the III) t.uning , is bdght- pnHng arx1 f"u in eaaily wl t h the fiddle . but sacrific.. ttw tradi tional dulcker sound • After I'".. choeen a key and a tuning . I fird the chocds. 'n'Ien. All with turwta. I IDC* foe u. _lady. I 90 DYer and CN'I!C the song to find wher. it U beat. ~r..d by chords , loNr. by PlecaS of _ltxIy. r look foe a bit ol. _l.octy oC~ the Lut. phrase - that can an introct.Jctia'l . If the aDn9 i • • ahoct aw: , oe a la1I) I:B llad with a deC in I t.e beuk in t:he action . I may p,lt. In an inatC'Ullll!fltal break . Then I polish ~ the ending until 1t is solid . I ' ll play the song until it 18 ten tinea as qoo4 aa it ne«Ia to t. , Ix!cause Uf'lder u. preUJre of pe.rfonul"J I sing abcut a tenth All wl.l aa I do at t.:.!. ,tcca!penying .vod'Ier person 1a a Chall.... If 'j'OU1" partner is tnJ8Id to sir¥Jing with ~nillent , twin IIIa'/ sll"J wry t.hoaynccatically, 411a:xning

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with the traditi.onal Cc_k ho8pU:allty, tw l.-.t to hh ~.u; . If ~ were toO l.&::n9 toc it, tw lopped ott )We ~, Uuoua lilltle: if )OJ wee toO shoc"t, he ' d

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ThIn we 9I't. stuck in the patIoCCds fro. D"ICjIl , Ol" ..:JOt.h out the beautiful rhyttaic ecCW'ItticltiH of WWII, to mke U- fit. . 'ftIwgh the mcuntAln dllclJntr pJ.a,~r ia le. . pcone to thlll thin . . .y . tht lJolitariat , still we hive • lot to INm frca llateninl} to It!., ·,:ent..'lu that. work . and to those that dcri ' t . IbI can we best Ixinc} out the melody t.r.J'W, the stacy of • aong1 'ItNES. A Cal1fornla friend of moo , fiddler Har t y ~rq . ~ to refer to Irish lUSic pooclY"1'I..ytd . . ..". Dread COttans , W1at? , " I asked . -you know. dotten , dotten , dott... . dotten, dotten, dotten , dotten •. • • It ' . poatible to pay Irish lUSic. 0(" American string

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of arpetlgioe, a witd chx4 c~ . I like jatmling with 9r~ of peeple who are willing to play each taw foe tlve, ten ainltes at. a atretch. 'lhIn I CM'I really qet into the -c-ce- of .. ~ and hMr whitt 1t has <0 tell f);t Leddel of ~ Angeles, u.d to play t~, the bi(} baq draa , in the Ekllgarlan band, Plt.u Cull.

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and toldJ.n; notes entirely .. the spirit .,.... hilr/hi.-. 1he idu is to allow the unger as -..:h of this fre«bl as poaaible. 8Jt he/ahe will have to learn to .&pt , toO , to bec:anI:! ClCIUICioos Of !we phrasing . You lilY have to practice vee •• and acxetine. phrases OI.Ier and cwer until you NCh ara lntirrlllte with ....nat the other 1. doing:. As an acx:arpanieat , you can do nothing ax. iApxtAnt than learn the WXd for word. eo that you can .rn:}~your_lf. Q\ly ttwn will. not ally the phrasing, wt U. leYe18 of meaning tnt.rent in the .::n;" bI!ccme clear to you. The pciJnacy p-obl_ of IIO'X'WpIInying: another per.... are not tIO MICh tecmical u ~ical. Ar_ you willing: (oe your ):ectswr to be '!be Star . to ~t the lion ' . ahara of the anent.ion, ~il. you aay tHL 19noc.r? I can ' t tell )01.1 , -ocn't r ..1 enviws ,- because if that ' . how you t ..l , that ' s how you feel I 1hu auyapproach I've ever foord to IoQrk is to tell ttw truth about it: -I-III bJgged that )OJ ' ra qetting all the attention .-d It. t:elnc) ignoced .- ",. ainger , on her part, should IWI/et' invalidate ~ fMlinga ( '"You lIhc:ul,&,'t feel like that

feelings to contend with. If any one of the. i. not being e.xpcesaed , it will unde:rIIline band aolidarity, and the ..aic will toe. fluidity and allvenesa . It ' s like a 9c~ mrr1age. ex • permanent IlftOOUntec group . In. band. it i. extc~ly ~ poctant to play sinply. Othecwt. , the KlUnd IjIetil nuddy - no sp.x:ea between the notes. It is conplicated by tt. fact that -nat }'OU trar i. going to be .... ry different frea Iot\at the audi.ence Ma.ra. It can be a grNt help to havw II frird with a ualned Nr , foe iamediat.e feedbeck. and a tape reccc'der. foe replay and critical Ustening aftenecda. O'Igliah wIdmer players tend to play wry siJliply, often with II note!" or trIe finger. n.y don't ceally e)q)loce the potM'ltW. of the dJ1cirlli!r , ..... , . meet of t"- CII»lI!: to i.t as a eeoord !nat-rurrent . and IWIt i.t c::nlj iI• .: x...,~ <=X"ItDt . If a tuna fa difficult , they say, ",",i. tune can ' t be played on the cl.t.lci.trer ," and pick ~ the guitar . with which they ' re IIOre faalliAr •

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••• ·1 but simply ~t· thea, hear wn.t ara, and if poalble u.. hilt influ.nce to right tte situatIon . &.Jt. tlwy

ultillately, it' s ~ to you to handle thHe Ceellnga as they coma 14I. If yeLlr portner does .xrething that llIV10yS }'OU . and inateod of taking it directly to her . you tell .:xneoue else, you ace lJI'lC5erm.ining your relatic:nahip, and signing ita death warr.wlt. Are you two willing to be 100' I'I:neat with each other? If the answer is no perhape it ' . time to l.o:::Ik for another partner • Playing in a band t. ...., lIIXe CIOq)lex. With four people, }'OU hill",. twel .... _u of

ot.her twd - and hu. I'. CJIlnI!rallzing fcc. ~Utt.1e experienc:e, .. I'w been away foe tour )'Un - raally ~ their inatnm:>nu, and are fanatical abc:LIt extendirq ita.:ope. One pcoblea this can lead to is that of CNerOOllflle:x, overornaIN!nted back-up. It feels 80 qo::xI to pay all thoee notesl aitti:;-beat pcuent II .:ln9 or tune , it can be wxthwhile to curb that .xuberara . Listen to l"QUCaelt on a good ca ... tte machine . Wili::h notes can I lea.... out? You can learn to HstMI to )'OUr.a as critically as you WOJld to ~ other lUSiclAn. o3nd to pare d::M"I )CIUr .cOCX!pIInu.nt ...,til wt rsaina is U. strQ'JC}Ht pouible _tt1ng foe the tune or «InQ 'r'CIU .....t to share with people.

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This c:ollec ticn o[ flnqer- style

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n.umer.::l dJlcine r , psalter y, tin whistle , o r<jan and IIWlI:blin . Doug Berch and !obdelin e Mx:Nei l quest on a lew cuts. 'l\Jnes inc1uc11t: Sweet <ieocgia Brown. O'C3ro lan ' s O:::n:er to , The Blarney Pilgr 1111, 5aIIewt1ere ().oer the Rai.nbol.l, and " . Return of the Pink Panthe r .

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Sheet lotWic '!he title song ot: M.xklie ' a latest

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A oollect ion of 40 Bdtish Ialea and America n Piddle tunes written CJ.lt in tablatu re with aocaTpa niment chorda added . A cx:ap.Jnion tape helps with tunin9 , preselU8 the _lodie s and then pcovid H an

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Alan Freeman , Pranlt aeall, Rick R:ltJer t.s. Devid SC:hnau fer . Rardy ~rta . and OklahaM Rooster play ragtimB , western _lng, and old rille fiddh tunes u8irJ:} II'DUnta in dulcim er, fiddle. banjo, lIIMdol in and jew ' . n.up. 'l'UMs include : Faded ao.e , Listen to the M:x:kln gbird . ~la9pi. , OrA99in9 the Bow, 'fellow It)se of Texas, and Ebn:I the ttxn.

IIb:te HMptcn MUlar , along with other aLaicia ns ad! as Liz carrol ard Cathy Bartoo Para , play Irish and Alrerica n tr":!1ti onallll JSic and perfOCJD IICIIlIl origin al a:Jn9S . nwy utili . u. IIOJnta in dulcin'e r, h.wnere d wk_ r , fiddle , banjo, flute and other instruments. 'lUlU include : lb:tI:y 'I\:lp, Cluck Old Hen, The Year of the French, fDrofo1 ks Medley , and Iknapa rte crossing the Rhine .

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Thi8 ~ string hand fraa "'xas , ~ich change s in she fran time to tUne, Ceatur ft IlCUlta in ard hamnere d ckJlcim Rrs, old tu.e benjo, guitar , aa:ccdi an , fiddle , tin ~istle , b&gpip es . etc. 'l\Jnes include : Ragtime Annie , Be ian Boru ' s March , epera AMl , J~ App:L., and the 720ds Farewe ll to Atx!rdeen. The ~ Dollas Strinq Band can be crJntacted thr0U9h : Dana Rl/I\ilto n , 904 Houston St ., Arling ton, TX 76012

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Five years and t'-O alb.ns later. Trapezoid has expect ienced many changes tcm the enecqy of {OJ[ hanmued dulcimers to the energy of expanded traditional lal.sic and original OOIIp06itims.

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TaR and Jean Simons g:rew ~ with IIDSt of the a:ln9S and tunes en this alb.Jm which was recorded at the Ozark Folk Center , Mt. view, Arltans.'ls. Selectioos include: Flop-Eared r-lile , Goodbye Liza Jane, Sweet It:lur of Prayer and Barbara Allen .

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O'Ct\ROL.71N'S PULC1MfR TUtlough O·COroIIO . poet , harplat , and c~po.er. lived i n Ireland tro. 1670 to 1738. He traveled fr o. town to town , Itayin9 In the boaea ot the e lite . They put hia up t o r the night or fo r I tew weekI and in retur n ha oo.poaed Planxtys for t~. Planxty . .ana "91ft-, O' earolan' • .uaic t. well luited f or the dulci.er •• it • delicate aound L. 11k. the harp'. . The Cl ltic harp i • • diatonic inl tru.ent ••• i. the dulc~r. and it i. 11.0 atrunq with . . tal etrinqa. The pi~e. that foll~ wet. arranged t or the dulci.er by two California .uai. china, Nail Hell. . n and Peter orr:-.erup. ·PlInxty £leano r plunkett - t. fingerpi c ked while ·T~. Leixllp the Proud" t, tlat-pi cked. BOth a re i n Mixolydian ,,,I,,,,. 0 A O. TUNE;

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Hammered Dulcimer Tablature ~ Bernie Stolls Jerict'o, New Yock

A t\oO"'<lCtave G-aca.le would appear like thb :

I ' d like to present a hanmerecl dulciner tablature which I have been using for the past few years . I play the 5-string banjo, and since banjo tab is used alnost elCClusively in lieu of regular -.mic notat ion in banjo books, I appreciate how c:onvenient II good tab 5yStel can be. \f1en I started playing the dulcln'er I naturally thought ab::lut a tab systa for that instnlllent. I was rM!'Y'er cc:q:lletely satisfied with the tab syste.. Mt focth in existing literature. \rrben I gave the &lbject further thr:::ught , I CMle to the oonc:lusion that a tab system stnJld satisfy the following criteria: (1) It shOuld be eas ier to read than reqular I\'Usic notation (otherwise, what ' . the point of Wling it?) . and convenient to use IIIhen writing oot ¥WC o.n ur&ngl!Rnts. (2) It stnJld stand alQ,e that is, it should replace regular Alsic notatim. Yoo stnJld be able to playa piece of IIl.Isic frem the tab itseH, without referring to reqular IUsic rotation. My tablature SYStela uses regular lUSic ~r. 't1)e top three spaces of the staff refer to the left side of the teebl. bri.dge. right side of the treble bridge, and ross bridge: , respectively .

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rche OiJwedish aJeummel the 12htJeni.ZJ @(,ses by Cl:ik R. 1l10rn5t.edt,

She .oftly sings , -Ah, quiet valley!M "God of the forest , · and tlDee ... She playa hrc t'l.mel skillfuUy and with it , acocllI{Ianies herself . f[(III "My Fiance(1790) by Mna Lenngren Ite . Blaastedtl 'lb:lugh the poem speaks of times past. the tunnel is still skillfully played in ~ . altl'vJugh by only .II few (see my article "The Swedish flI'tm:!l- in the Spring,

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description of the instru-

ment and its history) . 'Itlrough the asaisw.:e of the SwEdish ~ic H~stcxy

Archives, 1 ...os able to contact QlSTA legerdary crusader foe the tuzmel. Years ago he Et valfrld Sal.cDoruss:n . a nephew of Otto M.1brberg who died in 1921 and is often cited as SWeden ' s last 1unDe1 player . ~ owned his urcle ' s tumel ard , tOOugh he no longer played it , guided Klellllling in ita tuning ar.:J playing techniq.Je . This led to IS 30 year adYentut'e with the tumel in which KIDMIN:; , the

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on Swedish radio and T . V.

as at fa i rs in an attenpt. to

popularize the instnnent. He has had 3 tumae.l.s bJilt, 2 of 'oihich are not

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in _th:Jee ford . tlIImel .

He is

iIiIlii: i ties

~ (1978) wilt trj J&peLwd

betWi!en the hls!mel

tain dulcimer and is now doing further research into the -it:IInIe'l- of 1t>11and anet

in sweden , nore popular nyckelharpa which, literally, ia a -Keyed Harp . " Actually, it is a stringed inatrl.Eent resentlling a t:owocl hurdy~urdy . His training as a sculptor ia

I stnIld rote that his main interest is the folX fiddle tradition of SITIU.ancl province . lie has publish«! 3 tooks of fiddle tunes as well as sc:::too e~llent poetry . • 1 al., IMde oontact with rn:;vAR JCRfFlAt«), the only tunnel maker in this article . 8:>rn in Non.ray, he was trained as a acu1ptoc and became interested in folk ina~ts in 1975 . He waa asked to design aiJllple instnments for use trj children with various handicaps. Seeing '" IICUltain QJlcimer he felt it could serve the purpoee since the noter and pick allowc!d it to be played bt a person with hand problems. After b.Jilding 3 dulciners he became interested in Swedish folk instr..-nte includi"9 the turrnel. ~'JItrealjl the Norwegian langeleik has enjoyed a continuous tradition of bein';l ruilt and pla)"l'd, he was surprised to find that no one vas bJUding l'un!els. He bJilds two types with aingle or double OJrvea in the 8CQ1d box. He also rrakes other SWedish folk instrU'lleflts includin';l the unique, and Belgil.ft .

evident in the way he s tudies older inatruJrents to urderatancl their form ancI fW"Ction . The result is not a copy, b.Jt a carefully designed and cnCted instcl.Eent which CDI'ltinuea in deYeloprent . l<lods uSild are spruce , rMple and alderWXld ancI he is experimenting with various types of guitar strings . OJrrently, his l'un!els sell foe atout $4SO, ANDERS DaA.N»f has been researching and playing the nyckelharpa for several years and in this capacity he has earned the title Riksspelmn or "»..Isician of the Realm . " tie hasbeen playing the hu!rncl for about a ~ar and use~ the fir st one made by Jorpeland. He has alSO researcheJ tunes for the l'un!el and helps in the development of the instrurrent. For the tutmel revival to continJe , Eltlurdh feels it inpJrtant that the instrlr.1ent regain its oriqinal role as ~inent for foll dances . 27

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a student at t.t-. in ~. a1m has .n interest 11'1 Swedish folk - U ; . st. purcha-' a langdeik . leanwd to play it .00 thin bJilt her OWl t..-l last ~r. Shu wxt.l with ~ a!JCfl.T WOlle r«X)C"ding or the nyc:kel.harpe wan the 1980 9wecHeh ~d Prize fex folk nusle. HIt note. that -.usieians in Sweden are showing !IOCe lnterut in older lnaenn.nts and f ..18 the turmel is naw on the threahold of ita popularity. PllH.IlP ALU4) 18 the photographer \oIh) WCk . . . of the ~ U1 th18 article. He at.::> e&rr lea on extensive r .... rch in folk Ial$ic .00 writes thst i"WrHt 1n folk _lc hu qro.n gr_tly in !Urop. in v. l.-t dM::a:le . Hl'lping u. s..dbh grlNth alal9 i. lar_I "t'o.rIg ard hia Allklofe Center '" StClckho.!..-. He publistwa a newsletter o[ [alk c:or'IOI!ru lind doings i" 9IoIreden lind _118 b:loks and records. It has t»en very interesting [or me to learn of the resurgenot of interest in the turmel that is keep1n;J the instruMnt frOlll e.tinction. lUerning f . .ls that duple. his efforts. there ~. to be a lack of understanding of the tuln-l. He thlnk.a u. tradition ~. .rv.d in the CfJiet ~l lalla to interest ewn other folk susidans to .ny grNt e)(tent. 'ftIat NY be c::hInging: 48 st'aon by thLa art1cl.e. en:. thought of. 48 9C'W .xl [orgocten. the ~. like a pn:.nix La elsing to greater populadty in the 94diflh folk revival.

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a liAite:! apabUity (pcimrily its dlatonlc acral.,. It IlU6t be r....tx>red that tht tumlel i. only one of IMny Swedish folk instnnI!nta. The _in internt. there has fOCWJed 00 u. vi.olLn . n~kelhllrpa , Btrakhllrpa (towed harp), &nc.1 others . l't.'tA!:Mt the narrea do not relate to u. traditimal harp bJt u.inatn.M'l~ are str1rged and ha.... a .:r..and br:loc or t:ody. The CUl'rent ~ revival is a _11 part of the qetWral folk r ... ival in SWeden am centers 00 ita traditional roou. I ha~ not read ot ~ -progresal...... d.wlq:!ta ..::h as jan playing. deetnc ~l. (1'). cm.-ding. etc. iO do.Jbt __ o[ thi8 _y ex.. in time all it. did With the dJIeiJrer . I'll be hai:P.r' to ar\IIIoIer any letter. frc:a DPN readera on U. tunel (lr ~rlQ\8 IIIPntionecl in this article. Erik R. 81anstec!t , lllle Gael Dr .• .JoUet , IL . 60435 . My r ....rch into the t . - l has iIll.a) ~red .are intAitresting Mter Lal on the du1c r-lib inst.rubcntli of 8elgilB, Holland , Geruny. U.S.S . R., an:J other COJI'IU 1. . ."tli.c h t ' II report on in the future .

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Building a Hammered Dulcimer By PETER COONEY

In the last. few years lOre pec:ple haw di~red the al9ic of the ha:rmfced dulcimu. bJt tJwy are ()ften Eaced away by high pr 10. tags and the long wai;::ing pitriods quoted by IMnY of the <JOOd buildeu . Although

I feel these high quality tnstruments are well IoOCtlI the wait and the pr~ ,

beginners ICJUl.d be haFPY with II -..:h lesa r efined lnst.tutent . SUch .n instcunent can be JIIlIde at tore 9iwn adequately ecJIiR*i.tqle. I hope to pcovide . . . 1nf0Cll8t.k.n that will be helpful to tt. ~lt..yc:ur MUers, and help tha avoid the IlC8t

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pitfalls.

At first I tt'oJght that writing arh an article v:JUld be a snap and that it wouldn ' t take IlUCh space to say is iqlot"tAnt. Etlt I ' m the type of per sm who ' ll tII:*1d 011 &oy an&\oIering ale quastim aM never get to the next . \flat I hoped to COYer in ere issue will haw to ~ MW:ral. In this Article I will deal specifically with the IMteriala needed to get )OJ starUd Q1 a

hilmered d1lcu.r. There is a variety of

tedals

cne can use tOE" ., harm'ered duJ.ciJN!r, and ..-.y stated pceferenot invites criticiSll. Ther. is no 1M9ic to

matedal selecticrt. It b minly a matter of: selecting the beat suited _tee ial fr(JII what is readily avallible . The pinblock t. the IIDSt inportant part of the (rllllle, and only II few w:xda will do. " . but wXld is hard mpl•• altMugh c:t.rry. -.bite oak. .vd birch will alsJ w:xk. Don't use p:lplar. red Oilk, oily 1oOOda. oc mft'olOOds . It is es.ntial that the p1nblock be WIlll -.ucr.ed .... any checking will reSllt in the 00mJ.. of the whole instrument . 'n'le fcane llUfIt withstand trenwKWs force. 80 the ft)It iITtXlctant criteria in selectkrl ace rigidity and stiffness. NarrOof, taU atcuts ate IDOla resistant to stre. than flat, broad a1ieS. \b:d 1. al.ao IalCh sucnqer when the grain u straight, cloee and runs parallel to the dlrectlC1"1 of the focce. Stra'1g hlrdwxds

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INCh as birch, -.ple . oc as! are beat lor u. fr . . , bJt Dooqlas fir and ~k will 11180 work if the borards ace clear. DlUglas fi r is particulArly rigid, being sti f fer than oak or mapl e. wile \oIe ighing nuch le88. f'Ol' the baCk of the instrUl!l!f'lt , I stc<rIgly reoc:aaend the use of pl~ . Because of the sbe of the back PMel, it is i.IIpoctant to haw a ftllterial thIIIt is dirrensimally sta.blA , which plyw:xxt is. " . beat twe of pl)"oCOd is m.uketed as FiM!ah birch. It is ~l lID ter ial and the ~. ex thicker Is weil ... ltad foe the I»ck. If)'OU are unable to obtain it . darestic birch oc tic tnay t:» aabetituted . With the fi r, be eure to get Ale g rade or bet ter . AYOid part icle board oc fiberboard . as they have little inherent stcength . The matecial used foe the stUdi:oacd has a _joe effect on the 8OI.I'ld peoduced, bJt the choice wUl ~ on Ptr~ Pl"C!!lerence. solid~, d t \oCIOI:b in particular , have ~cioc _tain, too -..:h, in fact lor a IIJltl--str!nged insuU!8'lt with no IINI\S of danpen.ing the ate tngs. Plywxx;1 has II harsher tone with a ccisper tr.tll.e, and less aust./Jin . CicXXI plyloOOd choices are lUM , mahogany, biech or cherry veneered ql.lartCi!r-inch panels. the of these ahould be available l.c:cally. ~. cedar and redl«:od are qood 80ft 'IoOOds to be u.:I, though the steings can be difficult to . . on spruce oc other light. woods. HIlrChClods incll.de koa, fIBh:lqany, and "Il.lnut.. rr.oa and lMhogany arC!! usually available mly WOJIC)h specialty houses. I'bst qood ll.lllber yaeds wiU carry redw::x:ld and adae clapl::oard and flal;.l;:oard. Be Ii~ tally careful, hrJI"eVer , when bJying commercial grade timber, as it. is otten not properly cut o r dried for inst.n.ment. UM. Between the tq) and the b!Ick lies aw of the most ilIpoctant pe.rt.a of the inatnalllnt., the bracing. " . stee. of the su ings on the tq) is 80 great that. it ltill coUapee if

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piano t.u'ler , You will need a plano or harpsichcxd (zither) tuling pin foe each st.ring CI1 the dul.c1ner , Piano pins are larger and mld bet.tEr, b.1t they require IrOce space and ace lIIOCe difficult to fine tune. Zither pins are ava ilable fcom Qlcian Guitars, West Swanzey, N.H , 03469 , and perhaps frOll other DI'N advt!ct.isers as wL!. Avoid the blued pins . as they ace ItOIIt e(fect.iVll! passive solar collectors, and I have seen thea! cause c r acks in the pinbloc:k ..men left in the ""'. For hitch pins, I prefer haqJ6ichcxd frCl'lt rail pins. bJt. 8CCews, custproof naila, or heavy es::hJt.checn pins (,12, 13, 14) 1oIOI'k well, and are easier to locate. AemelZiber to IIOJnt. the pins at. an 8091.. ao that the string pulis down to the IoOOd when tiC}htened . Piano wire can be pucchased at SCI!I.' hardware stores , or through Jean ' s D.Jlcimer Shop and othec specialty houses. Illya .. lb. of ,6, ,e, and 110, and )'OJ should have enoJ9h left o.oer for your seoond du.lcillrr . " . tuning vrench can be bought. at _t. alBic stores as an autoharp wrench, or frOlA the ilb:lw rtentioned specialty

adequate bracing is not. provided. ~bst

wi..ldera make their braces 110

that they will extend aU the \oQy between the top and the back . If the bcaces rill parallel to the strings, there is usually a rod oc bar C\rlninq parallel to the bridge. This ro:l /1liiy be beass oc steel , oc II IrIOlrZn dowel, and is usually 1IOYeable for ta\al IIdjustnents . If the braces run with the bddges. they will not. need rods en top. but should have t.:>les tmed thcCU}h t.I'eI to CQ"Inect. the scund cha/ltler s . In either case, it is iJIrortant to use a dense hardwood oc fir Coc the Ixaoea, and the grain stoJ.ld CW1

and down foe

strerl9th.

" . bcidge has oS ~fold flWlCt:lon of Ji\.MlOCting the strings. and transmitting aoIXld . Dense hardwood with good workability. such as naple, cherry . walnut, and lMlh09any aU work well, as do r~ and wradlliQl. Again. the grain should be oriented with the rings wrtical foe lIWtinull stiffness. 'Ihe tq> of the br idcJe is usually capped wi th a hard IIDterial to give a txi9hter .,..-d . Brass brazing rod IX drill

rod are good choices.

and

are Avail-

I h::Ipe that. gives yw serre idea of what. IIIolterials are needed for the instrument, b.1t ~ ' ll have to mld tight. S) I can 90 into detail atxlut design inc} and bJildin9 it . with luck in the next i ..... l

able fran IIWIY irnls!.Ci.al suppliers . A space age plastic called DelcLn is popular for this use because it Is hard, slippery. and available in different oolocs. U,fortln1tely it is elq)ensive Mel hard to Undo '!he side bl"iclgea should ala) be II'lide of hardwood and

ahould be tacked or glued in place to prewnt the middle frail pullinq in. l.hlike many of the wcxd parte, the hardl.ere needed may rot be available locally. It can be ocdered through specialty t'ouSH oc through )'OJr local

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THE APPALACHIAN DULOMER BOOK by Michaf!1 Murphy

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Playing instructions; 20 songs; 50 photos of early makers. players and dulcimers; repairing. buying. construction. history. makers. sources; 104 pages; $6.95. Also distributed by Music Sales Inc. and Bookpeople. Inquire about wholesale prices. Folksay Press. 67 13 1 Mills Road . St. Clairsville. Ohio 43950 9..1PflI. AUUI SPB:lAL

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It i. listed with infOnllriJt.lon \a1der Blue Ridge D.1lc'-r Shop. My ho.irs ara SOIlItlWtlat erratic with perfor-alng travels. but )QJ can pcat.ty alCh count on finding . . a l l in the- oCfie:. Monday thcClUCJh Friday frc. t-4 0( lAter . PLAYERS NEWS: f10)} 667-2011 .

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ANON. (ci[ca 1620) Ar[anged 8'f Hirouka WilItanabe

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we met Hirotaka Watanabe this past 8UIII1er when he was viaiting the u. s . frCD his home in Tokyo. He played his renaissance lute (which he bJilt) on the c.pen stage at the Cranberry Gathe[ing in Binghamton . He told us that h! aJ.so tuilt and played the I!DJI\tain dulcimer . Here 18 a::::me of the ...se i that Hi otaka adapts to the dulcimer .

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