1986-01, Dulcimer Players News Vol. 12 No. 1 by Dulcimer Players News

Vol, 12,No. I

Winter 1986

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Dulcmrn trl-ayrns NBws Vol.12, No. 1 Winter 1986 o 1985 All RightsReserved The DULCIMER PLAYERSNEWS is publishedfour timeseachyear. lssuesare mailed (via 3rd class)to subscribersin January, April, July and October. Subscripdonsin the Unired Statesare S10 per year, $18 for two years.Canada:912 per year. Other countries(surfacemail): $12, (air mail)r $16. Recentback issu€s are usuallyavailable.Costper backissueis $3.2I in th€ U SA. Advertisingin formation is availableuDon reolrest.

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Table of Contents Pag€ MusicExchange ..................................... 2 M u s i cf r o mt h eW o o d p i lRe o h e iS p eu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DulcimerRacksEveret Truylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 T h eA n s w eCr o l u m n S a mR i z z e t u . .-.. . . . . . . EventsCalendar

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YolJJJg lane aft. Ju.li Momingstar- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to What'sNew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 M o u n t a iDnu l c i m eOr i g i n sM e r yR o w l e.y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 TheVesperHymnarr. AnnaSellridge . ... . ... . .. . ... . . .22 T h eC i m b a l o A ml e t a n d eErp p L e. .r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 H o r dO l t e n e a s. .c.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D u l c i m eFro l k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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This issuc will list fcstivals/galhcrnrgs/ DearDPN: ReccntlyI visitedwith inslrumcnt builworkshopshappeningaltcf April l0lh. der NurielCohen in rh€ very religous secPlease sendyourlistinSsc.rrly.We llalso tion ol Jerusalem, Mca Shearim. Although havcthe updalcdorganizalir)ns direclory he is tcchnicallyrctired,hc still wo.ks in Pleascmakcsurcwe know you ei(istl hislilllcshop.WhenI visitedhimhewas makingharpsfbr thefirstlime. His sonis carryingonthebusincss andis hclp€dbya brother.inlaw. Nurielshowed methedulcrmerhekcepsin theshop.We hadagood conversation in Hebrewas he xpe*s no English-He remcmbered theinteNiewhe gave10GeorgePickowforJeanRitchies book Dulciner Pcople.He saidlhat the dul€imer"Naeenah"hadnt reallycaught on in lsfael.His family still playsffca sionally.but outsideof repair"on pilgrim dulcimcrshehasno orders.IwouldIiketo meetfunherwith him andperhapsleam H€brewrnelodies $hich heandhisfanily plav. Brother Elia.J.B. TrappistMonastery Shimshon,krael

The sprinSl)ulcimer PlaycrsNewi will containan updrtcdlirting ol dulcimcror ganizations. Llte in Januarywe will scnd oul rcmindcrpostcards k) !llot rhcdulci, merclubswc havconourlist.Ifyourclub is nol on thc lisl which ran in the spring 1985issue.bc sorelo remindus ot your exislance bctoreFebruary10. 1986.Ihis yearwc will nol lis( anyclub whichdocs not r€tum the posrcardwi(h updaredor venfiedinlbnnarionunlcsswe arc rhsolutely certainthe organizarion is acrilc. Seve.alof the clubsrrc not exclusivcly lbmed aroundhammcrand/or fretteddulcimers,andthisis tine.As wewanltoh.rve a comprchensivc. usefullisr, plcaseinformus of othergroupswhichhavcdulcimerplayingmembers andsomeaclivities or workshopsfor thenr. RemembeF ...FebruarylOthl

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tfiank, Jean&, lPam! . . .for choosingand using McSpaddendulcimersthroughthe yearsto: . performOzarkFolk Musicall overthe country. . recordsevenalbums bgether: l,d|d.riN Slar( Corrt! Drk itu t Nriltltox I\,ltnit 0l L;i

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Ii is easyto lind Raymondlipler almost anytime when tblks get togelhcr nr cnjl)y p l a y i n ga n dl i s t e n i n g 1 l )o l d f a s h ( ) n c dm u sic. You just go to wherethe dulcimcrsrrc h o l d i n gs w a y ,l h c i r t w r n g y m c k ) d i c sl l l l i n g t h ca i r , a n dl ( x ) ka r o u n d H . e l l b el h c r c more otien than not A likable. stocky tul low wilh a red checkcdshirt lnd a liicndly grin. l f y o u w c . e t o p i c k , l i n e c x r n i p l co l w h a ta g e n u i n el b l k m u s i c i l ni s , R a yt p l c r w o u l db c r l l t l i n Sc h o i c c .M u s i ch a sn c v c r b c c n h i s n r i n b c n l , l i r r h i s l i l c h u sb c c n filled wilh cvcrydaywork, liicndshits. his b v c l b r h i s w i l c E d n a ,a n d a l l t h c l r ! g m c n t so l - l i v i n gt h r i c o l l c c ti n 7 7 y c r r s .Y c t m u s i ch r d n l w y s b c c nt h c r ci n t h c b a c k g r o u n d ,l a k i n gm a n y h o u r so l l c a r n r n gi n h i s y o u t h ,h c l p i n gh i m w i l h h i s c o u r t s h i p , and dding to thc cuscwith which hc mdkes fiiends In recent ycars, Ray hus become one of the ccntrul ligurcs in lhc s u r v i v a lo f o l d - s t y l c u s i c i n w c s ! V i . grnra. T o u n d c r s i a n ldp l c r ' s l i l c r n d n r u s i c . onc must know how music has changed s i n c e h i sy o u r h I n i h e l r s t 3 0 y e a r so r s o i t has become cuslonury rr) rhink 01 ftnk singc.s as mcn and womcn who make a good pllrt oitheir living tiom concertsand recordalbunrs.Their ballads,work songs, and songsthalexpressrhehopeibra belter world add much 10 our |ves. Yct thcrc s more to it lhan that. Back bcforc rhcrc were rddio and modem recording studios,folk nrusic was the a.t of people who never madc a grcal splash in life. These were peoplc who h.mdeddown the songsthey lovcd as pa.t oftheir way ofliving. You could fiDd thcm all over West Virginia, and certainly you could flnd them in Wood County. where RayEplerwas born on February14, 1908. The Eplers wcre of German descent. Ray says rhrl his father's farnily came from the upperMuskingumVnl]ey. soneplace in the neighborhoodof Marietta. Please do not reprint or redistribute without permission. Contact dpn@dpnews.com

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people have been bom in one of those Rebccca Epler was her son s firsl in, spirationto leam music, which she began teaching him early. Thc family had an old- fashionedparlor organ. and Ray s first music $'as the spiritualtunestha! his mother laught him. I can remembcrhow she would hold mc on her lap and pump tha! thing and show me, holding my two liltlc fingers, how to play 'Jesus Loves Me. Latc.. when I gol largc cnough to reachlhe pedlls to pump it myself. I pl !, e d t u n e so n r t . b u t I n c v c rs t u d i e dm u s i c . ' Ray adds tha! the nearesthe camc to fo.mal music t.aining happcncdwhcn his fathcr beganstudying music in a wa) that was not uncommon in rural localities ol t h a t t i n r e . W h i l e I w a s s t i l l s m a l l . "h e says, my fathcr joined a singing school whcn a music tcachcr camc th()ugh the communily trying to get cnough people interestedin a class in vocal music. l'hat was nol lhe shapenote singrng. It was lhe .ound notes.My falhe. atlendedthis class vcry scn()uslyand broughthonrcthc book that hc uscd 10 study. ''I learncd as much fronl it as hc did bccauschc wouldcome homeand practice l i r r h i s n e x tl e s s o n , R " a y a d d s . I c a ns t i l l rememberhim sitting in a rocking chair with a puck€r on his brow and bcaling out t h c l i m c o n t h e a n n o l t h c c h a i rw i t h h i s fist. Hc lcrrned toread musicby sight, and I learnedrhe scale, and thcn transposcdit t o t h e p u m po r 8 a n . Ray's nrothcr and fathcr werc st.ict aboul religknr and bclicvcd lhat hymns wcrc tbc only proper music. They shared the common view of that lime and place that dancing was a sin and livcly slring music was a worsc sin. Yel il wasn t long beforc Ray camc inlo contaci wiih olher forms ol music. He rememb€rs il ihsl happeningwhen a girl visiting lhe family after Sundayschool playedthe fiddle tunc Devil s Drcan on the pump organ while his parenlswere out milking. "l had never ' heardanythingthat thal. he says. It cer tainly wasn't like Sr?er a) and B\ ot Ro.k Ray becameeven more worldly about music through his increasingly frequent trips to Parkersburg.thenathrivingcily of 35,000 or 40.000 people. Though the Eplers lived on a fam, Parkersburgwas not out oftheirway becausethe Ballimore & Ohio Railroad ran a local tha! Ray rernemberspeople calling the commoda tion train to Parkersburg."Then one year

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his father workcd as a reparrmanand in s p e c t o r i nt h cB & O y e a . d a n dR a yw c n tl o s c h o o il n t o w n ,w h i c hg a v eh i n rt h ec h a n c c to helr still olher types of mu$c. "On one of nry trips b Parkersburg w h e nI w a ss l i l l y o u n g , h e r e c a l l s , I w a s walking nclr the depor and heard whal I t r u s i c l.l i ) l k r w c di t thoughw l a sr e a ls w e e n and ir hrppenedto be a blirxl mansittingon a c o m c r p l r y i n g a g u i a r a n d s m g i n g .I v e never been lhe samc sircc hcuring tl l guitar. I rakcdand scrapcdrnd scroungcd uDtil I got enoughmoney logcthcr t(' buy an old bcal-Lrpguilar in a p,rwnshoplbr $-l rnd t(Dt il honre and stancd t(' lcrrn lo p l a y u . T h e s t r i n g sw c r c s o h i g h o l l t l r c iietboard lhal it couldnl bc phycil $xh y o u . f i n g c N S p u n i s hs t y l c . I t h n d l i l l l c slccl brr thrl you uscd k) rnlkc lhc notcs. Thosc rrc crllcd dobros now. but rl lhrt lilne they !!ere callcd Hawaiirnruirrrs ' and rhey had a vcry swcc( sound. Ray soon dis(olcrcd. lhotlgh. lhit lhc d o b r c w a sn o tl i r r h i ' n r n dt h x rh c p r c l c r r c d the s)und ol n plain rcounrc lL,itrr Al nbo t rhc sntrrcranrcolhcr con.cms lil. complcting hi\ cdtr.rliotr rnd gctlrrs s(nrlcdinlhcultrld bcgxnrxlios !rx,r'!ol h i s a ( c n t i i n . l c i n g l i r r l ct i t l r l d n n r \ i , j or anv othcr hobbacs.Whcn hc In'r\hcd high school. hc kx)l rhc c,)nr|^-tititr teachcrs e\lfi)ioari,)n an(lgor i.ioh lcr.h ing in a onc r(!rn school wl|cn ht wis 17 y e a h o l d . Y c r o n c ( ' l t h c l i r s l l h a r g sl c d n l a l i c r s c e u r i n gl h c J o bw a s t t ) b c g r D\ r v r n ! n r o n c yr o b u y a b c t l c r ! u i t r . , $ h i e h h e o r d c r c da t a c o \ l o l 5 l l 5 ( l l i o n r l h c S e r r s a n d R o c b u e kc a h n r r . N o l [ ) n - !a l i e r h c r c c c i v c ( l t h rgt u r t a rI n t h c m r i l , y o u n gB p l c r w a s i n s p i f c dt o g o . r h e a d w i t h i s n r u s i eb ) a n l f t i s r $ h o i s r L l b u t l i ) r g o t t e nt { ) d a } ,b u t w h o w r s , n r c o l thc first proltssbnrl nrrsi!irns to firy attcntionto rurnl nrclodiesrnd k) hch popularizethat style. I wrs vrrndcn ng .ro!rnd by a music store in Parkcrsbrrgonc dLr]-,' R a y r e c a l l s . a n dr a w a p i c l u r ci n r h cw i -

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w i t h E d n aa n d w e d c c i d c dt o t i k e i t . Ralston-Purinafirn put Ray to $'ork d r i v i n ! ! l t e d d e l i v e r tl r L r c k- l s o n r s a ! t h a l I d i d n l t h i n ka o v l h i n !o i i t . h c \ a ! s $.ilh rnothcr smilc. bccuuscil s sonrcr h l g t o c r r y I 5 0 - o r l 0 i l , p o u n db t r go f feed oI ]-our shouldcr Lrp 50 stets in ! f l i g h to l s t l i r s .B u t I w l s i n n r v 3 0 s l h c n and cooki hnndle ir. rnd th t s pr)hnblr whI l 'r xs well prelcrlc(l rs I rn l,)d{r " In r lcw mrnrhs thc c(nnprn! tfunslcrrcd R r y l ( ' . r s r l c s m r ns t o b l i r d h c w r s l l s o s u c c c s \ l u ul t t h a t . $ i r ) n i n gt h r c eo r l i r u f n e w e u \ t o n ' c ha w c c k . H r \ r r \ n i l l $ o r l ' n g r s r s r l e s n r n ns ' | l c n t h . J r t n c \ c b o D r b c Id' c r r l H a r b o rl n ( l r h ct J . S .c n l c r c ( l

a n d l h a tw x s . t b o u t r hocn l v i n \ r r u m c n t$r c h a dt o u s ei o r s q u a r ed r n c e s W e w o u l d d o t h a ta l l n i g h r1 o n 8 W . e d s t a r tp l a y i r g r n d get lhc'janccsgoing and rhcf sould 80 on until it was time ro ltcd lhc chickdnsand m i l k t h c c o w si n t h c m f f n i n g . ' T h c c o n r i n go f W o d W a r i t d i s r u p t c d t h a lh . r t p yr r a n g c n r c n rj .u s t a si l c h l n 8 c d so many othcr lh'n8\ ac()ss rhc counlr). alrhough Ray and lidnx s l)cprcssi(n-crl t r i e n i l s h i p sh a v c n c l c r l r d c d . I n t 9 . r 2 . R a y w t r sd m f i e di n t ( Jt h c A n | y A i r C o r p s (whilh bccrnre a scp ftrc brrnch ,rl lhc scrvilc altcr lhc w{O ltc ras slrliurcd in Amr.'lk). Tcxas. Iitr rhrcc ycars.wirh rhc e x c c p l i o no l t h r e cn r ) n l h st h a rh c s p e n ri n M i a r n iB c r c h W i l h h i s u r u r l d r y h u n r ( n . R ! y u d d st h a th e e n j o t c { l t h cd i s c i p l i n co l t h c s c r l i c c l i l c r n d t h n rt h c o n l ) $ o r r ) h c h&j wr\ lhal hc $1uld bc \hippctl (^crscr\ w h c n s , n c o n c w o 0 l ds h o o l r h i ) . W h c n t h c w r r c d c d , h c q u t | l i l i c dr s r n i n \ l n r c t o rl b r u C I B i l l o l l t i g h l sf r 1 ) 8 t u n r to lci|clr hancB how k) usc ncw llranurg cqurpD'cntH. rfnllancd $irh rhxr lnr l h r c c) c t l n n d w h c ni t c n d c dh c b c c n c . l s a l c v l l r l o f t h c V i r t i n i l : l c c l f i cC o n r p a n y , l s u b s i l r v o 1 I j l u c t i c l dS L r I p t y Rry wd*cd rr rh{r t($ diliScnrly li)r rhc l i t l , w i n ! l ( l y c r r s .b u rw h c nr h c( o n r p n ) '? $ x s s ( n ( li n l 9 7 0 o r l . h c r c t i r c ( l l l w $ l h c n t h r l h c l i r u n dI w l y t o o r r k cl h s t i n ! conlribUtion k) lhc sufvivrlol rr)urrlrin

R r ) . r n d t i d n r r c n ) c n r b et rh c y c r r s i u s r bclorc rlc s r in I st^.cixlwtl\. bcclLr\col t h ! l r a L ' l s h i p sl h u tt h c r n r x d cw h i l c l i \ . i n S o n l h c l l l l r i l ! l r r n r , w h i c hw r s i r f u r h l f rv)lrtc(F l r r t o l R o r n c( i ) u n t y . R r ) s n t r l sic hful beconrcpolulf with thc Notrl! w h ( ' l i v c dr r ( u r d t h c n r .A l t | r g cp u n ( ' l l h c \!nn'r Incnrtracslhrl lhcy hrtc trxh\ e(n t.rs l|rnrrd rh. lun lhrr lhcy hrd xs RrLy u s c dh r sr r r u s i tco . n t c n l i n t h c i rn c i g h b ( n s ''Woftlg,n

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mln. bulhebecamc.r mlsterofirwhenhe finally discoveredils wonderfutsounds. Like $ mlny thinSsthalhappencd in rhc lblk rusicrevivrl In wcst Vi.grnia.Ray s story includesthe hrc fottituisl prrrick Gaincr,Jrncandl-rankCeorge,andthc Mountain S1alc Ar andCrati FairrrCcdar ''I

hadnclcrsccn.r dulcimer unritI sas thc one tharParcaincr had My lirst introductron to it waswirrching andlistcning to hrInplayit at Ccd r l.akes. Eplcrsrys ''Aciu lly. I didnl thinkverynruchol il s ! musrcalInstrumcnrrhcn. ltut t,nr did goodwork wrlh ir, rlon-{wirh his wort iD crrly li)lk songs.Shorrtyafrerrhal,Jdne Ccorgcs sonwls r.rking drtcinrcrs andI happcncdalong whcrc lhey tivcd down around St.Albans. Jrnchandcd oncroDe rnd showcdnrehow it wasphycd. A fc$ ycrrs l tcr, shc,rskcdnrcwhy I didn r try to n)r\c onc,s'nccrhconlyorhcrtclk)w shc kncw who nr,rdcdtucinrcrshad died nndno oncw$ mrkingthcnrl|r rhri litrrc Sh! \rid. ll yo u:rkc dulciDrcr\. you won I h vc rny rr(rhlc sclting'thcDr. WcstVirgini,r nccds l Booddulcinrcr nnk-

Rlynddslh it kr)l l(n(nin\isrrnSon Jnncs pnnbcli'rchc wouldtry. burtinnlty hc st rtcd workingon onc rlier shcgavc hinrsonrcphns lionr I scicnccnrxg.yinc. He Inrdc it iis ncrr as hc couldrl) thc dirclti(nsrnd thcn8!vc irn rrr. Wcll.by I'!(dc co rc to lhcrr lllcnt\ Ir n).n) golly. hcsays.whcnltor ir k'gcrh.rand d i l l c r c n lw l y s . r d r h c i f s r ( ' r i c sr r c t i l l ! d strungrt upandpictcdon ir a ti[tc, ir was w i l h u r c r p c c t c dt w i n s . m i \ s c do p l ) ( n l u n i kind ol surprising, lhc qualiryot sound l i c \ , l n d r u n d o no c c u n c r l r c sS. o n r e l i r r c s thdtil h d. No sooncrwdsonc linishcd lhc etrcunrstrnccsarc s(, \cnsrblcthll il is Ihrn nnothcronc w{s o rhc w.ry. I lor surl)ri\ing intcrcsledin lhc thangrnd slancdtrrakiDg l h r t t h e ) d i d n o l ( l ( e o r e r , l i c ri n

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wantedto sellto anartsandcraftsfairatSt. Albnasand put them on displaya! the boothJaneandFfankhad!he.e.A young feilow camealongand askedho$' nuch Ray wantedfbr them. "I gulped." he says, andsaid!j75. 'Goodl'that lcllow Folkcraftis your sourcefof instfumenlmxkingsupplies.All wood is crrefrlly dried saidandthatput the icing on the cake.I and Tops,ba€ks,sides,and fingerbolrdiare sandedlo exacttolerances seasoned. and saidto myself,ifpeoplewantthesethings matched. You'll flnd qualily aho ffcessories rnd strings, quick and delivefy. badenoughtopay$75 forthem,whatamI Itemssithin the srm€catego.ymaybe combin€dfor quantitydiscounh lxample4 wailingfor?' walnutbacksand 2 ch€rrybacks,useIhe 6-ll oricefor each.Ord€rsfof t0 or mor€ Like as€nsible businessman. Raysetup piecesln ft€ samecrtegoryreceivex l0% additionaldiscountfrom the l2 rnd up pric€. anefficientwayto makethedlucimers and pricedthcmso thcy wouldbe in dcmand l"r 32 r 16'h', tr1MofE, whilealsopro!idinga goodincome.Like the old fann boy and tbe knowledg€able 5 o rc h d r y r ( 6D 5tr musicianhe was, he guaranteed lhal he wouldhavea qualityinstrument by mak' ing themfrcm the properwoods-maple o r c he r r y b a c k i n g w i t h s p r u c c soundboards-sothey would have the righteanhy.mountainsound.And he has beenrewadedby thehighestcomplinrent Grord Pdh..li[lotr Fs,t F sotiN0l0^iDs thataninstrument makerrcceives: Hisdulcimersarebecoming collector'sitemsand areprizedby mountainmusicians. sTEwlnl.MlcD0xALof tvFsrAR0rJ[cllllm PE0s Like any artist, Ray is proud ol his work."lt hasmeanta lot to me."hetays. siFlrlcs Buu 4cxtD.co{&!t sns "lt gilesmeanoutletfbr mycrealivcabili ties, suchas lhey are. Financi,rllyit has DULC|i|!A StDlSFIS beenfairly rewading. And, throughthc dulcimer,I havebeendn innucnccro a kn ofpeople.Soil reallyis somelhing worthFiEl wliE 13hNdd s s Pr inehrrod, c4hs while for mc to go to thc woodpilcand makemusiccomeoutof it.' tDPN

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Forseveralyea.sI havebeenmaking specialracksfor thc dulcnncrsthat I build and sell. Therncks havethedual purposeof helping to slore the dulcimers when not in usc. lnd ar the sametime making an attraclivedisplay. Dulcimershavebeenhungon the wall, perhapssinccthc lirst dulcimersweremade.But, to my knowledge.wood pegs we.e uscd with a leatherthong I encourageothcr dulcimernrakersto considc.makingracksavailableto tbeir cuslomers.DPN readerswho work wirh lr,ood. but who are no! dulcimer builde.s, ma) want to build racks rbr the instrumentsthey now own.

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The AnswerColumn Sam Rizzetta Inwood, WV rirylarrhl.uNrs Thi!qu?niota tl ',t$u .olunn Llealsvith huiLlnt(. pl.t\ i!4, okl lhoth kin.l!) Qu(xturlj af inrited. Pkas! uthlr(s\ th?u tt) ti! toltl,tl h car. DULCIML:R PI.Avl:RS NEWS. Note thut lintilutit,ts t)l \)tltt .1rl tirlt Drl\'Dtuik. n inpossihleto rctpn<l k).\!^ inquir\.1 rillnd l). dblt b tutkr r.tlwtvs ollkr thanus time alldrs h lhit .oluDrr. Qu(stkrt\.'I pen.r.l ntt.\\I k, th. t.ddttship nill r(t

Is therea sp€dalpick-up madcfor dulcimer$?Who makesclcctricduldmcrs? 'l'herc arc sonrcdulcinrcrnukcrs who oifcr clcclricvcrsions.And il is casy enoughio dd nmplilicllion() rcoustic d u l c i m e r ss i s d o n c w i l h o l h c r i n srrumenrs. uheck wirh advcrrizcrs and

E l c c t r i l y i n gt h c h n n n c rd u l c i n r e p r .c senis $me tlnusull problcnrs. Sinc€ thc d u l c i n r c rn o n D l l y h r s n o w r ) o l c n d i n g thcsustdro n l n o l c s ,c x c c p ll o r t h c n r t u f i t l d c c r y c h { r u c t c r i s l i cos i i l s h o x d c l i g n . s o l r db o d yd L r l e i r l l c r rsc | r r h c r N i n t l c s s . A sdid body dcsiSn8ivcs x disasrccaf'ly s l o w n n r cd c c l y a n d ,t h c r c l i ' r c k. ) n gs u s l a i n . h l u r r i n go n c r o l c i n k ) a n o t h c rr n d 'lhc tn)blcms ol rnrplilicrrionare m a k i n g I r s r c r p n \ s a g c si n a n i c L r l . r tM c .c s)mcwhardiilcrcnr li)r iicricd dulcinrcrs c h a n i c ad l u r p c r s r n d c l r l l R n r i c\ u n a i i andhamrrcrdulcirncrs. You did'r'tindi l i n r i l i o gc l l c c l \ c r n c o p c w i r h l h i \ w n c catewhichir yourintcrcst.so l ll kluchon w h a t . w h i l c r ) h b i r r t o t h c r r u s r c nql u r l i each.lt is fr)ssihlcto Drkc x solitlb(xlr ties t() rn untrecpt{blc dc8rcc. So- (n thc clectritlrcttcddulcinrr. ho$c!cr. thc hnnmcr dulcinrr at lc:Nt. qc sccnrlo bL' rcsullingsoundnrrcly duplicnrcs clcclric l i m i t c di b r t h cr i D c b e ; n gl o u n r p l i l i i o gt h c guit.rcffccts. AnrplilyinS rhemoustic in'fhc acouslic irstrutlrcnt lcrsl cxpcnsivc strumcntcan bcquiteu{cfullndworkvcry .outc rs to n)()unt r Brrcus Bery nylc well. prcsc.vinS a disrin!rivcdulcimcrcontrct rkc on ihc soundboardMy lavorype sound Thc sanrcconr c( n)icrorilc localil)non n(xt instrunrcnlssccDrslo phoncsuscdli)r rcousticSuitLrrs crn work b c n c a rl h c b n s s{ l o n g )c d r c o l t h c s o u n d agrccably on r )st dulcinrcrswith a hltlc b o a r d a n d s l i S h t l y n u u r c rk , t h c l r c b l e cxpcrimenling. lhe u$ualpracticcis to bridgc thantho blss b.idgc. This cln ri!c r try mountthc pick'uponthc soundboa.d. su.pri\ingly dcccnt l(nrc rnd bulrncc ing difltrcnt locrlir)nsunlil the desired H o w e v e r ,t h e n n r c w i l l n o t b c q u i t c t h . effectis achievcd.My pcrsonrlprelercncc s a D r cr s l h c n a t u r u ll,e o u s t i ck ) n ca n d i r i s is for a contaclmilc (llarcusBcny is onc olicn lcsr ollural iI thc brss well-knownbrand)nn)unrcdon or in the Ol lhc pick'ups llral I hrve personally woodof thc fretboard/frctsb ff ns nearthe tried. lhe C Duccr pick-up has Srventhe bridgesaddlcas possiblc.I usualll user most acccptablckrnc nnd balirnce.These stick-onmountmikcabn8 thcbnsssideof pict-ups a.e 'lx)Untcdin a llexjble plrstic thefrerborrdncarcstthesaddleOr. rbr,t or nyk)n strip with adhcsivc brcking. I buih in systen I likc BarcusIlcrry Hot bclicvc thcy comc in two lcngths lbour a Dotsmountcd undcrthe s dle.Ijusrdrill l" model lb. nundolins flnd guitars. erc a hole underthc saddleand embedthe and a longer rnodel lbr pianos. I like the pick-upin theholcwith epoxy,wrthrhe longer model runninSparallel to the play wire leadscomingout underneath. I will ing bridgesin foughly the sanrepositionas somctimcs mounltwo Hot Dotsin an in suggestedabovc. Pa l Rcislc., guita.ist slroment,one betweenthc lst and 2nd rnd dulcimcrisl with Trapczoid, likcs io stringand onc bctwecnthc 3rd and,llh. useiwo ol rhc shonerstrips.both adjacent Controlsandjacksaremountedin the irr to the treble bridSe One is nearthc high "fhis sct strument'ssidc, guitartashion end rnd one near lhc low cnd. Thc C up givesmc goodgain withoutfeedback Ducer is avrilablc in hi8h or low im

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Rcccntadvanccsin nicrophonesare rllowing us lo get betlerstageandstudio amplil-icalron of our hammerdulcimers wilhoul re$orlinB to dircctclcctrification. Thc ncwprcsrurczoncmicrophones could havc becn madc with thc dulcamerin mind.ThcCft)wnPZMisapremiummodcl. Radn)Shackscllsa $40 PZM that as quilc scrviccable. with In my experiments |nyown insrrunrents thescworkbcsrwhcn pointcdat lhc vrndh'rrd in nomrl fash rcn l()m distanccs ol l0 lo l8 inches. ck)scrli'r rlrgc rsc. l.rthcr lbr recording. Thcscgivc morc volumewilh lessleedback troublcthrn any othcr microphone I vc uscdshorrol pick'ups.The roneis n turrl rnd clcrn. Ihc attack of thchanr m c r s i s r c p r o d u c e dw c l l w i t h o u t rcccntuulingthc sustain.providinga lrisp. rrticululc cllccl Thc RadioShack n(xlcldocsnl scclnk) rcproducc lhe high ovcrlr)ncs .ls wcll. bul lhal Draybe an advaDtir8c on vnnc inslrunrcnls.k p() vidcsa kn li'rrhc nr(incyrndnuy givcyou tho{rrplili(ati(nryounecdwithoutwirnrg lhc dulLinlcr itscll. ThcG-rrc rrakcrscxpcric'nntingwith clcclri,jduhi'nursin othcr waysoutsidc my cxp(ricncc.So, chcct *.ith advcnis crs. I wcl(omcanyolyou whonrcwilling tr) shlre and conrributeclccrricdulcnncr cxpcricnccsand inlbnn.ltionin this col

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usingthosethingsoncpicksup in music storesto tunr Autohsrps. A u t o h a r p - s r y lw c r c n c h e sa . e i n adequate for h.lmmcrdulci re6 in many ways. lhey usuallydo not providcthe leverag€or g(xxl lir to the tuningpin rcquiredfor thc normallyg.eaterstringtensionofthc dulcimer.l'hiscrn shonenlhe Iife of thc lunin8pins rnd makelbr dif ficult.touchyluning.ll youarehavingnn unpleasanr rinrclcrmingto tone.thcpft)blemmaybcnr('rcin rhctuninSwrcnchthan in youor yourdulcirncr l.irst. thc wrcnchrnustfit lhc square runingpin hcrdswilhoultoo muchplay. k or Sccond,thehrndlc,whclhcr goosenec T, mustbc lor! cnoLrgh u d hc vy cnough to p.ovidc good lcvcrrScund lccl. The bettcr bftnds ol hrrpsichordand zilher hamnrcrs rrc dequatcli'r h nnncrdulci mcrs.Two brands ihalI m lumiliarwith anduse rc HalcandApsco. in lwo difltrcnt Ha|nnrcrs,rrc avail,rhle squrrctip andst.rrlip. tip confi8u.!tn)ns. A squarcrip lits onk' rhcpin cvcry90'. r starlip cvcry45".'lhc rlar lip oukcslunlfyo'r ing muchirstcr andnlorcplcas.rnt. havc shon anns md a largcdulcimcr.a squarclip canwcarout your wristl T handlc wrcnchcsalbw laslcr and oi dulcin|crs. Also,lhey easierstdn8inE tuncras arcblltcr li)r lhc lcsscJ(pcricn{cd theyli)rcconcto rpply r luirlycvenpressurck) bolh cndsol rhc handlc.reducing thcchanccolgiving a bcndinglbrceto thc tuningpin nd, wor$c.thc pin block.For thisrensonfl)sl pcoplc rc betlcroll slad-

ing witha T-handlewrench.TheT is alsoa betterchoicelbr smaller.light-weightinrtnment! like zilhersand Autoharps. A goodgd'scncckwrcnchwill provide moreleverage andwill makean easierjob ofcritical, Iine tuningwhenthatis necessary.But cafemustbe taken(o put only a sidewaysforcelo mtalethe pin aboutit$ ax;s,rathe.thananyupordownwardprcssurcwhich mi8htcxcn fic b(ndingforcc to the pin as mentioncddbovc.Practicc will developa feel tbr lhis. In summary, I stringwith a l-hrndle anddo my recordingsession tuninSwilh.r Of !he commercially availablc sooseneck. tuninSwrenches,my pcrsonallavoritci$ theHaleHarpsichord Gooscncck. With it I cantunea stringonmydulcimerat lc0sl!s fastasI cantunea stringon nryguit rwhh its gearedtuners.lt is an cxpcnsivct(x)I. about$18, bui I almostcnjr)yruningbc-

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1986EVENTSCALENDAR April through mid-May Th. Ltlits Cala.lur isa ea rlisnoJsptitry.Ilt(rt(tt!liit.\ll,(ldtnilltuI)\r\l Itldr ,-ourelen.tur throush mnl lln,". llt( Attil i\!ut t'l t)tth ihr't l'k^,::t: N(r: \'iU dho\l leatn( .t <tk t.lur ol evnts throush S(pk rl).t. Plt\t!! r'nl r: i,tli)"nth Jttit\tl! .t .f gdtheriigs oJ in!.r.! b hldnkr plu\trt ukl thklitittkl ,rttit .t ltusidt/J no hter thltl F?bruur! l,th \y. \ut k) llt'lt) \r't\kl th( \rnl.

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Unlikeany €xistingsyslemlor leachrnglhe dul(rmerTn€ OutcimerWorkshoprs designedto help int€rmedialeplayersrealizelheirmusicalpolenlial Aeginningwilh lhe lirstlesson,youwilllearnIunes,tech.iquesandthe background nec€ssary lo helpyou b€comea betl€r muslcian.The nineleent!nes are selecledlo illustraleimporlanliechniquessuch as cross lunlngs,harmony,simpleand cornplexornamenlalion, and mo.e.Eachlune is givenon iape and agalnIn tablature; lingerpositloosaregivenlor severalollhe l!nes ThelocusonTheOulclmerWorklhop ls lo h€lp you developa personalstyleol paying The inlormalron on luning.harmony.chordbuilding, transposlng and arrangingmaybe appliedto anyslyleol music whileihe seclionron slrummingand or' fiddlep ayerl namenlatlon will helpgiveyourplayinglhe gracaanddriveot a lradltional Whetheryou haveonlyrecenllystarledplayrng lho dulcime.andca. playlhro!ah i lcw sonasor youhavc Worishopa valuable teachrngloo The lapcdlessons been playinglor years,you will lindThe Dulcimer ol du c1.r{jrlechniqoesthal lhe book.lhe tablalure,and manychansar\dcrafirpleslor an encyclopedia you will returnto agalnand again.TheOulclmer Wortshopis lhe nexl besllhinglo havrnga live-inprivale tulor! C o m p l e l e S e l o l 6 T a p e s I n E l n d s r w l l h 8 0 P a 0.e. .B. .o. o. .k. . . . . . . . . . . . - . . - . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 5 . 0 0 (ll orderedsepa.arety.$8095)

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Bookalsoconlainsa sectionon dulcimer buildingwood. construction tips. tunirg andplayingfundamentals anda fewtunes. Easyas 123/David Cross& SarahMorsc, BackyardMusic, P.O. Box 9047, New Haven,CT 06532:Thisbookcontains 50 dulcimertunesfor beginners.Backyard Musicis thehomeofthe cardbo,rrd dulci mers,and this book is designedto help (card owncrsof ncwly built inslrumcnts boardor wood)gelsranedplayingmusic.

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HammeredDulcimer's Companion/ Phillip Mason,Mel Bay Publications, Pacific,MO 63069:This book is de' signcd10hclp lhe beginningandadvanc ing hammerdulcinrcrplaycr.Inslruclion andtunesare rncluded.

What's New? Turquoisc Records/Hc84. Box 1258, Whitcsburg,KY 41858:Tu.quoiscRcc ords is a new, indcp€ndcnt rccordLrbcl ownedand managedby Ms. Pat M nin. For the past 6 years,Pat has bccn rhc Tu. directorof JuneAppal Rccordings. quoiseRecofdswillbe prcducingdndpro' motingrccordings fblk rnd ol progressive

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A. Pcnnsyl!rnir C;cnnrn lilhcrs wilh nrrighl sidcs ll. Pennsylvrnir Cicnnln /ithcrr \{ith halt boul C. I)ulcinrcrs with strxiShtsidcs. I ) . I ) u l c i m c r sw i ( h a s i ' r g l cb o u r . E . I ) u l c n n c r sw i r h r d ( ' u b l ch o l l

I n c h r r r c i c r i r i n gl h c s ci n s l r u n r c n t st h. c r u t h o r a l t c r p t s t o l i n d c v i d c n c cw h i c h cithcr conlinns or rclulc\ thc obscn.rtr()os .md opinii,nsol c.tdicr hi\t,'rians (Sccgcr. Cumnrings.Hcrndon. l\,lcrcc..c( al) l-wo o l t h e m o n c h s i v c q u c s t i ( l t )w shich slill rcDIan unprovcn hy such cvrdcnce rrc L T h e d o u b l e - b o u l c (dh o u r g l r s s d) u l c i nrcrevolveddircctly liorr rhe Peons)1" v a n h C e m n z i t h c r( \ c h c n h o h )p. r o b ably in Kenlucky. 2. The uscofthc dulcimercannotbc Iirnr ly daied belbrc rhc last quafler ol rhc n i n e t e e n t che n t u r ) . As I readSmith s book, a condensati('n of his doctoral thcsis, I wns struck by thc thoughl $at hc sccmed to overlook thc significanceofmnny ol thc srucrural ltr. tures of the instrunrentswhich hc crtrbgued. Similarly. hc ppcarcdto attrch unduesignificancelol:tctorssuchas shapc oi lhe soundbox. hollow vs. solid fretboard. shapeof soundholcs.crc. In short.

rt seemsratherobviousthlt the lulhor has Itemplcd lo draw conclusi{)nstrom his investigatiur wilhout the bcncfit of thc p c r s F c t i v co l d n i n s t r u n r c nblu i l d c r . l h c ''cvolulrcn o f t h u d r s i g no f t h c d u l c i n r . r can bc ralion lircd in tcrD$ ot \cveral fnclors hrvjnS t() do wirh consrrucrionand nuterirls pmblcnrs. I should litc to ollir s c v c r l l c o n r m c n t sa n d i u g g c s t i o n sl i ) r considcrutionby thosc who conrinuc k) s t u d y t h c h i s t ( r i c r l o r i S i n so J r o d r y s n x ) u n l a r nd u l c r n r c r s . Early l)rsign Featuros and Limitalions M ' r s i c o b g i s r sc l a s \ i l y r h c n m u n r r i n d u l c i n ) e r r sr " l r c ( t c dh x r r dr i t h c r " .r c r t c gory which includcsaI un)bcrol l'luropcan a n d S c a n d i n r ! i t ' ni r ) s t n r r r c n l isn c l u d i r g l h c s c h c i l h o l tl,. r n g c l c i kh, n g s p i c l ,h L r m r)rcr,npineucdcs Vosfcs, rnd others For lhc n)ostpan. thesclrttcr innrumcnts. all ol which p.c drtc rhc x)oDtrindulriDer. a r c c s s c n t i a l l yo l r c ( t r n S u l a r .b o x - l i k c rhaF- and havc nlultiplc lolicn 8 or 1)) s r . i n g sC . h a r o c t c r i s t i c l l lly. c. t sr r e p h c c d !k)ng one edgcol drc soundboxrccording k) a dirtunic scnlcprllcnr rnd cxtendonly u n d c r t h e n r e l o d ys t r i n g r . T h i s f e a t u r c l{l-i|lated rhe useolir norcrli'r frc(ing thc mcl)dy strings $,hrlc all('wing thc o n)n ol whcthcr or not to play thc dft)nc (or bourdon) srings in harn)ony, runed lbr modal scale rccomprninrcnl. Why the box-lilc shrpc, multitlc s l r i n g s a n d a s s y n r c t r i c a ll i n g c . h o a r d plncemcnfl Io suggestimswc.s t{) thesc quesli()nswe must firrt rccall thai ft)lk i n s r r u m e n tb u i l d c r s w e r e s e l d o m p r c tcssional Iuthicrs. R!rh!r. rhey were ctrPenlers.cabinet-makcrs.hlndymen or elcn colTin makers who knew how to handle sirnplewoodworkingtools. R e c o gni z i n gt h a tt h e v a i l b l e w o o d ! w e r e in thc form oflog secti(ms.it is nordifficull

lr) undcrstand why thcsccrrly instrumenls wcrcol hcavysection rnd sim thickncss plc, slr!ightsidedconstruction. EdSc placemenrolrhc lrctswnsundou btedly rhc rcsultof tunher constructionsimpliUc{' tion, sincc$e frerswcrc attachcdor inscncddirecrlyinto thc [accof the sound boardandnccessarily h,rdro bc ak)ngthc edScol (hc inst.umcnlto rllt)w thc uscoi thc lradirional notcf sticl. 'Ihcsc simplilicddcsignttatu.esun dorbicdly gave risc r(' r nunlbc.of nuisrncc problems,rccogninblc kr rlmost anyluthicr. Finir. rhccoorbinat ionof rhick wrr)dscctionsandrcl.rtivclys'nallso'rndhoxccnainlylcndcdtr)d.|'npcnthcIevelol' v)undoulpul Thisprobbylheinslrurncnt. lcrDwas lurthercor)rplic lcd by anolhcr by historidns llct pcrhaps not rccogni/cd who hulc .esca.chcd thc rnountnindulcimeasorigin namcly,rhc limilalionof malcrialslor \trinBs.Thc StcclA8c in the m(xl':rnindustrinlworlddid norbcginuntil (hc inlroduction of thc BcsscnrrConvcr lcr Ii)r stcclmaking ir 18561this means builders had t lhurlhc cady insr.umcnl lhcir disposalonly suchnr tcrials,rsbrass wirc,8ut.silk,etc li)r slringing thci.in srrunrcnts. All of lhescwork alic. a irsh ionbutrt low lolui esol tonc.Theretuc, rhc mosl di.ect solulionro the problem appearsto havcbccnthc lse of lthiple rtrir8r, aller (be lashionol thc lute. I bclievethe imponanccol this lactor and il is uncannotbc overenrphasizcd. li)rtunalc that so few ol the early instrumentsin collectionslost their strings long rgo, so thatthe matcrialusedcannot be verified.In itsâ&#x201A;Źlf, the useof multiple srdnSsdoes nornppc.trrohavcbeenentirely successluland thus wc scc early at tcmpts(as wiih rhe swcdishhummel)ro increasethe volumcol lhc soundboxby thcsimpleexpedient ol bulgingou!' one

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s i d ew i r h o u t h e n e c e s s i toyf s i d e n i r g t h c span of the stdngs, nut or bridge of thc i n s t r u m e n t .A n o t h e r i n n o v a t i o n ,o l cou6c, was thc addilbn of supPoningltct on thc bo(om o[ thc instrumenlslo livc gfeaterresonancewhen placedon a tnblc to be played {as was usually thc casc). Much has bccn said aboui thc prcscncc or absenceof an actual frctboardon thcsc early inslruments.and I rcrlly bclicvc lhrt this featurc klnc is ! key to the cntrrc evolutionof instrumentshapeand playing slyle. Any hlthicr c.m vouch for lhc lact ftat fingcrh),rrds. howcvcr construllcd. musl bc rs slruiShias possiblcto achiclc properinlonal( und frccdornlronr hurr i n g , c t c l t m u s tc c r l l i n l y h L r v cb c c nd i l l ficult lo maintuin such strrighlnesswhcn tretswere placcddircctly on or in lhc l:rct ol the soundboad. Wc crn thus scc cvi' dcnc€.evenon somc ol the early Pcnn\yl vaniaCeflnan rilhcrs rcponcd br- Snrrlh. ol the additnnr ol a simple. ruiscd llcrbodrdaionglhe inttrurncntedgc Cons'dcr tuisc(i t h e t a r . c d c h i n gs i g n i l i c a n c co l frclboard in tu cra whcn plLtynrSwilh tl norcrwas lhc nx)sl conrll()nprrcl'.e

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Therc was now clcarancc ior the inder. finger and lhumb lo movc thc notcr hack lDd fo(h withour nccessityoiplacing rhc iiets rlong the edSe ol the instrumcntl S y m m c t r i c n l i n s t r u m e n t sn o w b e c a m c posiiblel Pre-Reyival Appalachian Dulcimers A l l o f t h ee a r l yi n s l r u n r c nct sl a s s i f i cbdy Smilh as Apprhchirn Dulcimcrs hrvc one featurc in co rnl(nr.nirirely thc er(tenceoia raiscdliclbo.ird placedal('rg lhr c c n l e r l i n e o l a s y n r m c l r i c a lv ) u n d h o \ ( t y p c s C .D a n d l i ) T h e a c r u n l s h r p c (t'hl c s o u n d b o xi s o f l i u l e r c r l s i g n i l i c a n clc( ' t h e i o n a l q u a l i ( i c so l t h e i n s l r u r e n t . . r r d i l r c v o l u t i o ns c c n r s1 0 h r v c d e p c n d c du p o n aestheticsrnd k)crl lrldill(nr ftnc lhrn any line ol llcsign inrp.o!cnrcnt. Mt p e r s o n r lt c c l n r g i s t h r t t h e s i n g l cb ( doublc bour r|ld liddlc.shup.d in. s r r u m c n ( sc ! o l v c d i D d c p c n d . n t l yr n d k ) c a l l yf r o n rr h c s i n r p l i s r i cn, r a i g h l - r i d c d zithcrs No douhl, howe!er, buildcts lcndcd() copy crch olhcrs dc\ilns k) s o m cc x l c n l ,b o t hl | t l { ) s h u | cx n d v ) u r r d ' h o l ec h r t u c l c r i s l r c s .

To me, anothetsiSnificrnl ltaiure ofall the Appalachiandulcimcrscalagoguedby Smirh is lhe reducednumberof strings.rs comparedwith thc car|er Tiihers 13 or 'l mosi commonly. only occasionallj_5 or 6). This maj_havc rcsuhcdin pan fionr thc be(er acouslicsol u largcr. synrmctncrl soundbox.Howcvcr rhrs is doubtlul. th l R a t h e r ,l b e l i c l c i l n r . t ! b e i n d i c a r i v e A p p.rS o u t h c m i n l l r e d u l c i m e rb u i l d i n g r c a c h s r g n ill t o M o u n t r i n s b c g a n lachian crnt propoiiofls onl\ $hei n?(l \o1 ltert!.l kt b..or| l)ktlilrl. I ha\c bccn unable. ro darc. k) pinpoinl that dccLidc Howevcr,il nrun obtiously hrvc bccn s{rnc timc alicr lhc llt56 datc mcnlilnrcd c a r l i c r .T h i s w o u l dc x n l i n w h y t h c u s co l ' i h c d u l c i m c r c n n o tb c l i r n l y d a t c db c l i ) r c lhc lasl qua(cr ol thc n'nctcenlhc.ntur\. Earlier instturncn( rrrrn hr!c utili/cd orhcr string nrLrlrrixlswilh nll thcir rrllcn d.rnlproblcrn\. nHking thc rnstrtr!mnllcs\ 'I

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T h c c i m b a l o mi s b y l u r l h c n i o s ls o p h i \ found insidethc inslrunrerrt.in thc lornr ol' ric,rcd and highly-dcvclopcd rnrtrun'col a slccl rcinfo.cing li{nrc l|nd I pirno oflhe hrmmercdd ulcinrerworld Ircnjoys s t y l e .r 1 1 r ' lpr il I p i D b n ) . k 'lhc t h i s( r l u s n o t o n l y i r o r nl h c p o i n ro l v i c w c i m b a k n lc o n r c si n r r ! | l y ( l i l l i r c n r s i z c s . I ' h c s D u l l c \ 1h r s I l l n r c o l n e r y or nrusical pcrlornrrncc. tl ndtirds, rrd pracricc.bul alro liolrl lhrr ol trru.rl cotr' Iburoclnlcs. is Inlcd wilh drnlrurs. und is small cnongh to h. plxycd on thc uu\i s t r u c t i o nn d d c s j S n . 'lhc p p e a r a n c co f t h c i n s l r u n r c n it \ c i n s l a p o r o n a t r h l c t o t . l h c l r g c s th r s a d d i l i ( n r . rbla s sl n d t r c b l c s t i n l s w i r h r r l h c r g r n d . I l s b c . r u t i l ucl n r v c dc d s cn t()trl chnnnrlic nrn8c lio.r) A ro cr. rnds on lbur lu.ncd le8s with n g.acclul. T h c t h y i n g s t i e l s o r h i r n | | r c r \! i , r l h c lyn-shapcd frdal. Othcr than its clcgrnt c r n r h r l o ' rh a v c I n o r c i n e o n r n r D $ i l h r l r n d c o m p c t t u n r n gs y s l c n r( s c c r l i u s l r ! l i n c l y c r u l i c d! 1 ( ' l i I b o w t h t l | rt h c i r n U n e t i r ) n ) ,w h a rs c l st h c c i n r b r k n l lr p r r l l i o r n i n l i r ! l i s h w o u k l \ L r r g c s l .I h c \ t i c k sh r ! c a l l o ( h c rd u l c i n r c r si s t h a l i r i s l i r t c dw r l h a an olcrall lcngth ol .15cor and (ollsisl ol r f u l l s c ( o l d a m p e r s n npdc d a l l h c l c r s r n d pcdal arc rcnrovlblc lbr cLrsytrrnspon. h l n d l c , r s l c n d c r ( x l a n dr | t i t )! v r r p p l di a n d l h c i n n r u l l r c n la l $ h l | ' \ l , ) c k r b l e o v c r 5 0 c x l r aI i n c l y c r so l r o l l { n rr n d l i c d -Ihc with spccirl thrcrd. covcr k) protcct thc strints rnd drnrlJ|.s rulhor i.rvors whcn rhc instruDrnr is not in usc. h n n d l c sr r a d c w i l h A l i i c n n b l r k w o ( joincd t(' ('ds ol \nakcw(xrd ril silvcr T h c l o n e o l l h e c y n r b r l o n rr s c x c c c d i n S l yr i c h t ' n d l u l l w i r h c l c r ' r l l l ( l t i p s l ' h c r i p sc r n b c w c i g h t c dd i l l c f c n l l y rcsonrnlbasr and acryrt.rllinc high r.rngc a n d l h c r o d s ) l d c k , d i l l a r e n lt h i c t n c s \ c \ Buss strings rrc normally copplr wound lin rp(cial usc: rhin, lirhrwcight rnd mrc n c x i b l e l b r t h c d c l i c a c yr t r l i g h t n . s s . l {ihc aulhor, and othc.s. wind thci.s with silvcr), lnd ihcy last live ycrrs of hc.rly c e n d i r e h s s r c a.lI r d H u n S l f i r i ' D r r u s i co, l playin8. Thc lrcble strings lasl pcrhrps t h i c k c r .h e l v i c . n d s o m c $ h t s t i l l c r l , n thrcc to four ycars. with good slrinSs. r thc |]x)rc brilliant nnd nuthoritrti!c ax!!l c i m b a k r mc a ne q u a l t h e! o l u n r co f u n i n c - l h a t R o r n r n i a na n dc c r t a i nv t o m u s i cd c lbol g.and piano, althouBhils t('ne is quitc diffcrcnl and morc cornplcx in charucrcr. The modcrn li)flI ol conccrl cimbrlor)r 'Ihc standardfLrll-sized(oncen cinrbn. wirh da'npcrs wrs larsrdcvclopedio bm has a complclely chron) nc comprss audapcst, HungLuy.by JoscphV Schunof nearly five oclaves,iron\ C r{)ar on 130 d a i n t h c s e c o n dh u l f o l t h e l 9 l h C c n t u r y s t r i n g s .O f t h e 3 l t c o u r s e s h . all (19) rrc H i s i n r l r u m e nw l l s g r e a d yr e l i n c dd n de r wound bass and tcnor strings. most ol rendedin rangcby Ldos Bohak in rheenrll which have threc stringsto course.The d e c a d eosf t h i sc c n t u r y M . r . I l o h r k d i e di n I 9 c o u r s e so l l r e b l e s t r i n g s h a v e l i N r Decerrbcr1 , 9 8 4 .b u t h i s l l u d a p c si ra c l o r y strinSslo a course. Thesc rlrings cxcrt a c o n t i n u c s 1 0 p r o d u c e h i g h - q u a l i t yi n ' Ension of ovcr 12 tons on an insrrLrnEnt itrumcnrs. The authorhas.lionr that timc, w â&#x201A;Ź i S h i n gl e s sf t a n 1 8 0 p o u n d s . representedBohak and orhers in Norrh Thc cimbahn] is remarkablein its tunAmefica. impo.ting Bohak inslrumentson ing slabilityithc author'sH ungarianmade a reSullr basis. Cimbaionx rc produccd B o h a k h a s f r c q u e n t l y b e e n s h i p p e d 'n both HuDgry and Romaniaby golem' thousandsof milcs and anivcd perfecily in ment factoriesas well as by private mak, tunc at its deslinaiion.Thc secretis b be ers. Ihc United Stateshas scvcralnrakcrs

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thecompacttuningol the insirumenl Thecimbaloms primarytraditionalrole to smallbands hasbccnin accompanimenl sidcby side worknrg olGypsymusicians, bass. Old prinls violin, viola and with the paintings show the Gypsics lypically and in thecounyardofan innortavcmwith th€ playerrestinghissmll1portable cimbalorn instrument on a banel while mrking music. Thercarethrecdistinctschoolsofplay Classicrl ingthccimbabm:thcHungarian musiccompoclassical schoolemphasizes playedby silionsand lranscripli('ns. musicians,most ol conservatoryrrdincd whomare nol Gypsics.This schoolwa! foundedaroundthc tum oflhe cenluryby Aladar Rasz. Thc HungarianGypsy schoolfcal!rcsBreatdelicacyandrciincd skills,usingvcry lighl accompirnimcnt and Thcuscol muchhcavierslicks stick$. playing is on solo cmPhasis Sreater ol thc RonunianGypsy charactcristic school.ol which Toni lodachcis thc primecxamplc.He. howcvcr.conrbincs afldcrceedsrll the bc( cxamplcsol eoch school.rnd is truly in r classby himsclt.

players of It is my hopelhatAmerican hammered dulcilne|swill conre1t)know this exceedinglygrard and beautifulin strumentbcttcr, and thal lhoscwho are readyto cxpandto ncw musicalpossibili' ties may co,nelo play il. I wclcom.and andinquiricscon encou.age allcorrrrrcnts cemingthe cinlbal(nrr. Alcftndcr Illirch Eppler P . O .B o x l 6 5 l l Sca(lc,WA 98116'0511 l2ll 20619.12

Aboul the Author Alci.rndlr Epplcr has pcriormcd as a m u s i c i a ns i n c c c h i l d h o o da n d m a d e h i s solo debul !l CrrncSic Hall .n his 25rh bifthd y. ldueatcd at lhc llLrlSd.ilnStltc Conscrvabry, hc has tourcd [LtstcrnEuropc cxicnrivcly. and wrs r lcLrturcd s o l o i s t w i t h r h c B L r l g r r i r nN a l i o n r l En\cmblc t l'k'!div. llc $'t|s ! li)undcr and teachcrol lhc itlusic school in Hrsko vo. BulSarir. whcrc hc xssisrcd in rhc anistic dircction ol ils Yi)uth Enscmblc

M r . E p p l e rh r s r e rw i t h r e p e l l e ds u c ccss in concen tours ocrossNonh Ame. ica. ELrropclnd Asiu. He has been a ieatured soloist with lcading \ymthony o r c h e n r a s .n r c \ l r c c c n l l y i n B r l t i m o r e , Honolulu, C.rlgafy, Iidnxnrlon, Portland a n d S e a t t l c .o l t c n p c r l i ' a n i n g h i s o w n works. The l\'lastcntoll RussirnFolk Fes l i v a l a n d l h c A m a n F o l k [ n s e n r b l ch a v e also leaturcdhinr rs I soloisr. Hc hls rol latx,mtcd on nroli()n picrorc scorcs rnd continucs t(i bc souShl ali€r as a \ludio Alexander Epplcr is ln rcknowlcdgcd vinuoso on two lrcltly contrasring in srrumcnrs:thc balalait:r nd rhc cinlbak ) m , p l a y i n ! l i t t k r r e r s w c l l a sc l a s s i c x l , s y m p h o n i cn d c h l r n b c r w o r k sH i s n e w l y .eleasedrccord Itru[r/ on lhc lilyinS l]ish h b c l h r s h c c nr c v i c w c dw i r h I n u c hp r a i s c . As r tclchcfrnd ls lhc U.S rllforlcr ol B o h : r ki n s t r u r r r c n t h s .c i r a n r r d c n t p r o p o n c n lo l t h c c i m b t i k n n . IDPN

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Uu/ciner Tril b e e np l a y r D gl h e p r 0 n os i n c cd g c l i r r . HelenJohnson.lr(nn Mlnheim. nudicd chssicalpiano torcighl ycarsalThe Con' scrvaroryol Music i'r Utica. Nes Yo.k, and took l€ssonson chorch orgrn lhc..'. S i n c e p e r f b n n i n Sw i r h I ) u l c i n r c rF o l k , Helenhasdeveklpcdvnnousplaying rcch n i q u e sa n d i s c u r r c n t l yt c r c h i n gd u l c r r c r Mary Lou Brubrtcr studicd cl!\\icxl v i o l i n t h r o u g hl h c M a n h c i ' n l i i w n s h i p Schml l)istrict and wns thc Orchcstrns Conce.l Mastcr in hcr scnior ycrr. Shc b c c r m ei n t e r c s l u d i n o l d r i r n c l l d d l i n ga l l c r a u c n d i n gr b l u c g l r s sl t s t i ! r l r n d t ( x ' k o n t h c l a s k o i t r n d i n Si n c h s \ i c r l r c c h n i q u cl i ) r l i d d l i n g t t y l c 'lH S u s r n H c D d r i c L lsl u r r ) h u s b c c nn ) u l r UII inr nrusicihrou8h srrSiog rnd playing thc piano li'rolcr:0 yci'rs. S|lc bcst'npl;Uinr Appalachinnd lci"r!r li'ur yc.'r\.rgo, rnd i ( c o n t i n u c tso b c r I n d o r l o r c ci n h e rl i l c A n c l c n r c n t n rsyc h o o l c r c h c r .s h ch r s i I c o r p o r r t e dt h c i n n r u n r c n il n t o h c r c u i c '^ u l u m n o l o n l y b y r c c o n r l ' d n y i nhf c r s r u d c n l si n l h c \ i r g i n A o l l o l k ! ) n 8 s . b u rr l ! ) by terchinS thcnr t(' tlr). SusnnhA uscd Mcmbcrsof Dulcimcr!i)lk (leli k) riShr):2 d hcrdulcnncr to hclp tcncht-rotin \tudcnrs Brub*cr, Carol Thonrpson.B rbardScull. l o s p c a kr n d s i n Si o l n g l i { h . Johnson,S'rsanHend.icksll rrv. I ) c s p n ct h c i r c ( n nr ( , ni n l c r c s itn D u l l J i DulcimerFolk. u tr,rdirional iolk group th0 !cry spccirlcllc!ls ol r wcll-t0nc(l m c r F o l k r u n i q u c a n d c v e rd c l e l o p i n r s o r n d s .c o o r d i n . r l i ntgh c r n u s i c l |ul n dN F nir. hrs ftomLancaslcr County.l'ennsylvLr siringb,ind.Voerll)thcg()uf is 'r\ lcF beenperforminS in lhe arcaftr oler thtcc salileastheirinstrunrcnt\ Dulcinrcr !-olk s o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i toi cl sl i v c d i l l c r c n lp c o plecan rl first Shnuc sccnran insunnounr' y€ars.Thcgn'up'slive nrenbers erchh!!c is a Ioial act in\trunrcnt{ls.vo..rls.tud rble hsk. An! mcrrrhlr ol thc g.oup will a rich backgn)und in music,tnd,rusicll numberslhrr n :rudicncccan dancc(). sing alonSwith. or just ca\e bxck :'nd adnratrbar ir hnsn r bccn crsf whcn LIc studics.Fouro[ themcmbeaterchDusic nrandsof fa|rlily. job. disranceand rirrrL' in somecapachyandall metthroughlhcir musl be br)u!ht t('gclhcrwilh lhe gn)up s commonintcrcstin trnditionalfolk nrusic BarbarnScull has beensingingrnd throughthc Lancaster CountyFolk Music playingnrusicli)rovcrrwcnlr)erA. She S r o w i n gp o p u l l f i t y l ) u l c i m c r F o l k i s L l very specialcollcction ol pcoplc nnd and FiddlersSocicly(LCFMFS).Thc stded out with pi.rno,addcdthe guit l fivc women and unlountedinstrunrcnls duringthc lq60 s litk revivrland.nxne s o u n d sa n d t h c i r l a n s ,p r c s c nat n d I u t u r e . recenrly.l(xrk up Appalachian dulcinrcr. can only chccr thcnr on. havc crealeda nlatchlcsssoundand a lhompion E l l e nw r l k c r Cad rs a musrc cduc.rtron musrseeacrthatis8rlduallt exp:mding ils

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Ice on the Pord is a recent personaltbvorite of mine. It was one of many tunesplayedin Princeton, New Jersey by the 50-nrcmber(!)band, Rum and Onions IV. for the annual Hallowecn contra dance heldOctober26, 1985.Rum andOnionsis a pick-up bandof loc{l rnusicians whichhasstcadilygrownin size over thc ycars (tho lirst band consistedol ll 'Ihcre members). are no auditions;thoscwho wish to play simply attcnd rehea$alsthe fivc Sundaycveningsprior to thc dance.Aftcr the evenl.the repcrtoirebeconles thecorcol pick-upbandnlusicfor thc PrincetonCountry Danccrsthroughoutthc year. To quote David Hcrndon.lirunderof R&O who now lives in Po(land.Oregon.'Ol all thc bandswho ve playedin Princeton.lhis is dcfinitelyonc of thcm." Necdlc\itu.Jy. lhc \(runtjurrrlrhccrpcricnccuerc bothphcnorcnal.By thc way. thc hamnrcrcd dulcimcr sectionnunrbcrcdtwo! lce on tht Ponal camc to R&O lionr Northern 'Io DanccMusicWcck in Ashokan.NY. thc bestof my knowlcdgcil was wrillcn by Traditional(aka Anonynrous). Thc fornris AABB;thc A scctionis in thc kcy of I.l Dorirn, going to G nriliorti)r the B sccli(rn.Sy||rh(tl\ur( lirr hrrnnlljrcddulci||r(r,Intcrprctcdthusly: lcr'-'rplay notcsin sccondposition(lcli sidcol thc trcblcbridgc). B-play notc in bassposition(on basscourscsor play in llrst posilionif lhc dulcinrcrlacsbasscourscs. Nothingovorthc music-plty in first position(righl sidc ol thc lrcblc bridgc) R,L-righVlcll handstrokc:altcrnalestrokcsunless olhcrwisc shown- Both svrDbolswrittcn undcr a +\h.hcd Ir,,lu J lt\ir-.lrolc ri'll. ilr- rcprc\L'nt 6 is callcdr tcnn tiL.Nomlallyintcndcdto show that a notcis k) be heldlongcrthanusual.it is uscd hereto show whcrc 1l]end thc tune the vcry lasttimc the B scctionis playcd. For cxtrl 'kick". Dlay thc lune with thc offbcaf acccntedrhroughour:) )) )J)) Lucille Reil^ is the ara,/ror/t Striking Out and WinrinE.. un nabridgedguitle.lru the hanuncreddulcimer.lt is dlailtblefrom Sh drd(h Produdions, P .O. Box 712. Mootesto\|tt, NJ 08057.

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TTINTtrK Ice on the Pond submittedby Lucille Reilly Moorestown,New Jersey

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REVIEWS Our Own/Fred Nlercr rnd Jcff Winegar. K i c k i n gM u l e R e c o r d sc. , o B o x 5 , + .C l e i t r Creek, IN ,17,116 A s I r c l d x c di n a c h r i r t o h c l r t h c r l h u n r by Jeff Wincglr and I.red N{eycr.enritlcd Our Own, thc fist. . I.otlu! D!(l My fuvofilc pieccs on lhe albu r rrc (lu(k Okl ll.r, ChtistTh. Lonll5 Ritrr 'I o.h\. Cu.kt"itN(tt. Ha pitr M!.11.\. Hlll Bnk! Lao\., In G..tsid I Tfltl\. Ltfitlrrstdxl antJR.d Ro.k,s a/ran l wrs n o t p r c v i ( ' u s l yi a m i l u r rw i t h l c l l W l n c g r l rnd fir now ccftiinly impresscdwirh his b n n i or n d l i d d l c p l d l i n g . H c j u m p s r i g h r l n t oc r c h l u n cl n d n r a k c si r h i s o { n . b l c n d i n g w . l l w i l h F r c d s i n s t . u n r c n t l t i o nH. i \ s i n g i n go n 1 . i ' l . . r d r / & , .w i l t r B i l l . I I t ? l \ Iltl( nkl nJ Rqr Re.kiw (hdit ttt r t ' l h c n t i c r l l yb c x u r i l u l ( ) c u s i ( ) n u l l ! F r c ds d u l c i n r c ri s l o o D r u c h i n t h c b a c l i g r o u n d .n o t c ( n n r n ! ac(rssas slrrntlv A ir cxn. rhc D[l(xl\ l(nr buricd. On /, (-l,nr rr.r" It N.) titn ol tvAr his phy;ng is a laltlc lu, dclihcrrtc d u . i n g t h co r - * n i n 8l i n c s .u l ' n o s ht c s i l r n t .I h a dr s i n r i h r r c m r i o nk ) J c l l s s n r ! i n go n Bhkl til. I l-hcrc is nol thc dcplh ol l c c h n gt h a i i s ! ) p . c s c n (t ) r t h c r c s to l l h c Kndlring ihnr Fred h.N a nrcrk ol rhc : r o nl . l d l l r ( n r a l i si nt h i D r .I l i s t c n c dc k \ c l ! l i r r t h i sp d r lo l h i s n r u s i c r sl i g n a l u r cni r c thanthc grerl boncstlaying, n(rc rhrn rhc c r m e o so l h i s s o n K r i s p l u y i n g l c w sh l r p , y e s , e l c n m ( n er h r n r h c b a c k u p f l n , r " l n g r \ t 1B l ) n l t . i l l l t t S u r c c n o t r g h .d c c l down, rn thcrc o| H?ll Brok? Lb\( Itl C?.)rsli/ is thc low runble ol a bullr)arcf. u nc x o l i ci n s l r u m c ni n l d i g e n o urso . x m ) n g o t h e . p l a c c s ,t h e S o u t hP a c i i i ca n d A u s l r a l i a .( H a , h a . c a u g h ty o u . F r e d ) . l - i n i s h i n g o 1l h1i sg r e a t . r l b u i s r k ) v c l y w1lr7,I Ahfltr\ K,vi Ihat You Would ltc I/l? Or!, which soundslike the l.rstducc ol thc night. herrts evervwhcrcbrexthing s'ghs. Wirh man! others. I look tbNxrd toihe ncxt album by ficsc lwo fine rnusicians. Aob Fishbone

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somelhing ibr everyone. The tradithnal material is Irish orienled and is lrrlngcd and perfornredwith unquestioncdskilland s p u n k I h e j o y t b r m e i n t h i sa l b u m ,h o w M r g g i c S r n s o n c .r r r l c n t c dr u r l i , n n c r evcr, comcs with the original conrposiind tcachco r n n u t n ) i n s l r u r r r c n thsx, s r c tions. Ol thc thinccn sclcctionson the rec c e n l l y r c l c r s c d r l c L r s s c t ltch a l d c r o n o r d , s e v e na . € , i n p a r l o r a l l , o r i g i n u l s l r a t c sh c r s t n ) n 8p c r l o r i n ! ( L t p l L r i l i t i c s pieces.The tillc cut. Wcs Chappcl s /r/,,r o n t h c h n r n r c r c dd 0 l e i r D c r n d o n l h c of LaIg!rll.tti, is a bright mclodic crcur g u i t n r .S h ci s l | c c o r r p l r n i codn r n u n r h cor l s n ) nl h a t b l o s s o n si n t o a n u p b c L r t . o m p . t h c s c l c c t i o nbr y M l | r i l y l H f f r 1 r , j i d d l c : His Jun ADth.t llann.t DukintTnk K u l h l e c nM L r r t h y .r u i l . r : r n d N l n c y S u l c o m b i n e cs o n r e m p o r ! r ryh y t h m sa n di l u t c lrvrn. boncs rd b( hrlr. in ! ja?? like irrprcvist'trcnal sclting. My l-fcr horllpipcs,.1/.rd",/./ lt I' otr,\ lutl, Iavorite cut is Randy Marcheny s f(dfr c s t c c i r l l y w c l c o n r !b e l r u s cl h c y r r e l c s s G o n ( A r p c n s i v eh . a u n t i n g y, c t w i t h a n licq{cntly rueordedthunjirs of rccls. rre u n d c r l y i n gw i s p o f h o p ca n ds p a r k l c .l h i s r h y l h r r r c r l l yc x L r c t i n :su d c x e u i n s . r d song rs p{rltcdy nrnrd. h c r i n l c r p r c t r ( i uor l l h e l i r n i l ; r r . l i r r . d ( . 'lhis lburn sustainsthc rcccnl rrcnd ol' . t i M " r / i sv c r ) s r \ l y i r r r . l h c 8 u i t r r \ o l o s usin8 thc hanNcrcd dulcimcr in cvcr di' r r cr l l o u r s h n d i n g w . i t h n r y l a v o r i r ch ( i n 8 v c r s c ' n r ' s i c a l s c t l i n t s . l l s u c c c u d si n (;,r,orjl(la. x.lLrLrllylhc lnnrnl lnown t{)uchinS all lhc buscs.For thc ham'rrrcd n s G " ( o t $ h , t a sd r l y ! t ' n / - d r 1 .s. h i c h a s dulcincr bull. thasrccord as I wclcorrrc c x q u i s i r c l yf l n r c d . nddition li) cvcFincr*lsin8 varacryol I ) u t l a u r t c da n t c r l r i n r " . r h c n u n d wcll Drdc, niusic.i ly jntcr$t ing rralcrial. tlrlrliry ol thi: els\ctc is cxlrrtrrl! !(\!l Drvc tIP,rsqur M n g g i c .w h o r u n sh c r d w I n u s r cs u i o r \ w c l l { s n r a a n t n i n i nn8b u s } s c h c L l u ltc| \ t l perlo.nrcr, h s l htrtlrorntl in crrly nrtr Quecr Anltt's l,acc/Quccn Arnc s l.rcc. s i c n d , i n r d d i t x ' n r o t h c i n r l r u r r r c n r s 7 5 , lF . u n k l i nA v c . P i t t s b u r g h . l ' Al 5 l l l . pliryed on this er\rcttc. l|l!o pcrliJfl)r\on Q u c c nA n n c s l - a c ci s a p ( ' f u l u f( l l r c c l h c r c c o r d c r ,b r D i o . h s { i n r , f i ) o r n d .rnd conccn b nd in lhc lrillsbuflh urcl. D u n d o l i n W i r h r h i se r s s c t t c\ h c h r s ! r c -lhc r c l c n s co l t h e i rL l c h url c c o r de x p t u r c s a l c d u n i n r p c s r i v ci n l r o d u c r i okn, h c r t i r l l h c r r u n i q u cb r n d o f A n r c fi c u nu n i ll l r i t i s h e n l s r n d ! v c r y l r t f i r c r i ! c : r d d i r i ( nkr' r h c lsles lrlrdiln)nal Drusic l||rd should !.rm c v c r ' 9 f,tw i n r n u n r b cor l h l r n r n c r c d u l c i t h e ma m u c hw i d c r l i n l o w i n r W h i l c i n dcpcndently produced tapcs rnd rcco s Mil/io Collins a r c f r i r l y c o l l n r o n , Q u e e nA n n c s L u c c camc rway troln lhe studb with a well.ccordedtcslamenlofthcirtalens as nrusiIsl€s Of Le gcrhrns/No Srrirgs c r a n sr n d r r d n g e r s . A t t a c h e d ,l l 4 0 H o w b c S l . . R o l n o k c , vA 2.r015. QAL, ttatures two hrmnre. dulciners playcdby Carolc Norulakand Cathy Hcss, I ) r v e r s i i yn n d o r i g i n a l i l yr r c l h e b a s i c with Tom No.ulak on accordianand Davc c o n r p o n e n losl l h c s c c o n dL r l b ur b y N o Colub phying banio and lcoustic biss S l r i n g sA l l a c h c d I h i s I i v c n r e m b e . gunar. The E.P. (;l bandsat 13 rym) Ier Virginia based group itntures rhe triple tures rwo sonSs and rwo insrrumenlals. hanmcrcd dulcinrer plflying ol wcst Thc dulcimer duets on the two tun€s and Chapp€1.Sozy Corsline, and Randy N4ar the uscofthc acou(ic ba\s b play mckrdy c b e n y a n d r h c im r u s i c ! li n t c r p h yi s a p l e r and coumer-melody on the /{o,errclrl surc to hear. This is an albunr rhnt has K itt:htn Go I SheMn.lo( h F a/h rnedley nre particularly ampressave. Ed Dnle

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ly explains several lechniques.thcn demonstratesrhct usc in tunes. His de rc.iptions are ersy lo foll()w and. otrcn. surprisingly sinrple to leam. Mustcring them. ofcoursc. talcs practice.The hourr he s put intodevelopingand arrangin8his l u n c s s h o s d e d i c a t i o na n d a c r c n t i l c . musical mind l-he tape H(r r(,trt & P//.ttrg, ahhoughintendedas .onrprni o n ( o h i s b o o k .i s h i S h l yl i s t € n a b l cD. ! i d oflen usesa distinct basslinc His c hcl l i s h n r e n losn I r i s hl u n e sa r cl i s h l r n d c l c r r ly dcrivcdfronr fiddle rnd pipingtcchdLrlcrlncf n i q u c s T. h c h i g h l i g hol f t l e h | ] c . t l c s l o $ Whilc a vcry lcw hxrn'lrcr playcrsnra) surprssllollr)icCrrol ir pufc a i r " T h e W o u n d c dH u s s r r " s o u n r l sa n r a pyro-tcchniquc. lhc ovcfitll tourd o1 z i n g l yl i k c i i w i r c s t r u n gh t r t r w l t h r l l l h o thc r c c o n r p r n l i n g r r p c ! 8 i o s . l l t h r t s n o r L.lxrhi r willd\ ursilypulsil rnnnrS c n o u g h ,h e d o € sr s e c l i o no l l h c l u n c w i l h fincstrccorrlsl vc hclftl l-c('Krcr,?Icl h i s l c l t h a n dp l u c k i n !h r r n o n i c sw h i l cl h c f l g h t h a n di t c c o m p r n i c sS. i v i n gr f c c f i c . Hammcring & I'luckins/lhvid .hnrcs. c t h c r c a l s o u n dl l. s r g o o dl h i n Sh e 5 f f o 714l1)nr8c( t.. Southltcnd,1N-106l6. v i d c du s w i t h u b o o k t c r c h i n gt h c s ct c c h -

I.sughing Willorv/Bonnie Carol, Bris! leconeRecords, Wallstrcet, Salina Star Roule, Bouldcr, CO 803)2. Bonni€ Carol b€gan establishing hcr nam€ s€vcral Jears ago as a build€r of exquisilemountain dulcimers and as an expert play€r of thc same. In r€cent ycars, Bonni€ has turned her allention to the hamm€r dulcimer, anil LarghittK Wtl/.n' is lhe beautiful rcsult ofher newer P c r h a p st h i s i n s l r u m e n t a l ! 1 b u m s srrongcslrspect is thc masrerfulblendrng ol traditional and conlcmporary matenal . i d e I i s t h c m a l i c ,c o n t i n i n g d n ds r y l e s S tunesall namedand inspircd liom nalurc. T o h i g h l i g h tl l r c t h c m c . b i r d a n d c r i c k c t c a l l s u r c o c c r s i o n a l l yh c r r d i n l h c b ckground-a produclion tcchniqucthul couldhavebccncorny wcrc not the sounds s o l r l c f u l l y n t i x c di n . S i d c l l c o n t i n u c st h c b l c r r do l o l d r d ncw, krlscly groupcdundcrthe hcadingol ' ' ' l i r v c l l i n g . T r u d r t i o n a lt u n c s s e g u c clli)rtlcsslyinlo Rand) Kcclcy s haunting -Ciribc -probt'hly DI ncw-agesa'nbn. 'lhc initial Iavorilc tronr thc albuln.

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