• New music and a wonderful video from James Maguire, of Laliya. James plays one of the original Baby Grand teardrops, in a guitar hold. See James' music listings at the Dulcimer Music page. More details on James and Melissa Howlett-Maguire on the Laliya page. You can also go to youtube to catch the video, Weave. Also find it on the Laliya myspace page.
• New music from Carol Walker (aka MusicLadyCarol) on the Dulcimer Music page
• Read a short essay about my artistic philosopy
• The new Custom Fret Templates especially designed for dulcimer makers are here!
• A new tool to help builders and players to choose proper string sets for any tension and gauge of string, and any scale length. Try it out here!
• The new Retro-Fit Fishman Acoustic Pickup Kit allows you or a string instrument shop near you to install the Bear Meadow custom under-saddle Fishman Pickup.
• My custom-designed Fret Calculator is now embedded in the website. It shows all calculating formulas, and features a fretting error calculation, so dulcimer builders can see, in tone cents, the effects of deviating from perfection. Use it online, or download it. Enjoy!
• Pegheds®, an exciting new kind of tuning peg, look and feel like standard ebony pegs. But they actually have tiny (but robust) internal planetary gears, giving a 4:1 ratio--just as the banjo tuning pegs I've been using for decades.
• The RMC pickup/ Synth system. This is a dulcimer that wails, and delivers oodles of clean acoustic power.
• Don't miss the new Apprentice Programs!
• Likewise for the Dulcimer Building Classes.
• Ditto for the Northeast Dulcimer Symposium Building Class in the Adirondaks.
  (It's beautiful there in late June...)

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