http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/ Hammered Dulcimer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:57 GMT nessa folks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1663 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1663 that's beautiful. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:52 GMT Hamid Reza Taghavi http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1662 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1662 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHN4J8NVLQU Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:23:42 GMT Paul Goelz http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1661 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1661 ... Well, basically you want to tap it to move it a very small amount in the direction of the flatter note of the fifth interval. Tap it with anything that Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:52:49 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1660 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1660 Its rare the bridges on a HD get out of position but it does happen. The Bass bridge position isnt crittle but it should be within at least an 8th of where Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:58 GMT the Lyons family http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1659 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1659 Thanks Paul. How do I 'tap' the bridge? Never done this before. Now this is strange. It doesn't sound as bad now as it did the other day, and I haven't done Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:27:36 GMT roozbeh nafisi http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1658 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1658 correction to the recent announcement of november 1 concert: the event on nov. 1 will start at 12:30 (doors will open at 12:00 noon). the section of program Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31:23 GMT roozbeh nafisi http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1657 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1657 concert in Tokyo on the occasion of Shuretsu Miyashita's 100th anniversary Kokuritsu Gekijo National Theatre (Small) on Nov. 1 (SUN), 2009 - 12:30 to 19:30 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:42:12 GMT Paul Goelz http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1656 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1656 ... I have heard all sorts of opinions on how to tune...... in fifths, in thirds, in octaves, from each end, etc. In my experience, it doesn't make much, if Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:34:23 GMT Paul Goelz http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1655 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1655 ... It is definitely something you can try yourself if you are adventurous. Generally you need to move the bridge(s) a very small mount. Depending on your Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:35:57 GMT the Lyons family http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1654 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1654 I tried to remember your suggestions as I went to try again. Yes, the tuner is set to 440. I am now noticing that the notes on the left side of the treble Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:06:58 GMT the Lyons family http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1653 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1653 Thanks everyone. At this point I am going to guess that it's the tuner. I've had trouble with tuners before, just not this one. I am going to work on getting Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:22:34 GMT Chuck Boody http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1652 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1652 Two comments I think are accurate: 1) Conrad is probably correct that tuning around a circle of fifths might help a very out of tune instrument settle down Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:08:14 GMT Conrad Shiba http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1651 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1651 ... . I wonder whether she means that the dulcimer sounds internally inconsistent, not that the entire instrument is uniformly sharp or flat, as would be the Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:20:28 GMT Boone http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1650 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1650 Yeah, I've gotten that before. Could be your bridges are have been bumped to weird intervals, could be you're actually getting green lights for sharps and Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:16:52 GMT dnz4him http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1649 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/message/1649 I'm not sure what kind of "out of tune" you mean, but if the instrument sounds like it's in tune with itself but not with the rest of the world, check and make