Second Love
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These days I am enjoying playing music more than just about anything. Problem is I am a pretty frustrated musician as my musical skills aren’t nearly on the same level as are my woodworking. I’ve built a few mountain dulcimers over the years, and found there to be a lot of satisfaction in building something that makes music. Then a few years ago, one of my brothers who has been building string instruments as a hobby for awhile now, decided to try his hand at making dulcimers. One of them is pictured at above here. I am the lucky owner of three of these instruments. They are things of beauty both in appearance and playability. The workmanship is exceptional as he has really applied fine guitar making techniques to the dulcimer. One of my favorite things about them is that I play with some friends in a neighborhood band and I am able to hold my own volume wise with the guitar players. The only downside to the whole thing is that once he started making dulcimers, I had to quit, just because his were so much better than mine, there didn’t seem to be much point to it anymore. The recording below is on one of these dulcimers, strung as a baritone. Composition is by me and is played by me.
Tags: dulcimer, Music, string instruments, woodworking
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