You can hear this one in Aaron's "Hi Mom" video Stars or ovals are available in upper bout. Mahogany, spruce and wenge fingerboard and bevel. This shows the first prototype of this model. Here's the full front of the same instrument. The strings terminate at the end of the fingerboard which is not only inset from the end block, but is also undercut. It's a variation on a “de-coupled” tailpiece, which results in a fuller bass response. Here's one I built for Aaron O'Rourke with "bear claw" sitka spruce and a koa bevel.Īll dulcimers use a tailpiece of my own creation. Like this one they are also available without the bevel or radius fret board.īone nut notched for either this very common "three string" arrangement with doubled melody string, or four equidistant strings. It greatly facilitates baring and bending strings. This has become standard for many instruments, like steel string guitars, and mandolins but until recently hasn't been done on mountain dulcimers. Something harder to show in a photo is the radiused fingerboard. One was a bevel on the lower bout where his forearm rests while playing. There are links to some videos of Aaron playing a couple of the prototypes below. This hourglass model evolved in collaboration with my friend Aaron O'Rourke, who approached me with a few interesting ideas arising from his playing style. Sun / Moon Stars Īdjustable bridge įret scale accurate to 2 thousandths of an inch. The basics are: Hourglass, upper bout 5.5 ", lower bout 7.5 ", body 2 " deep, overall depth 3 ", length 35 ", 25 " string length. NEW Erin Rogers plays her first gig with her new chromatic dulci. Here are a couple of new video clips of Aaron. NEWAaron O'Rourke won 2010 National Dulcimer Champion at Winfield Kansas! NEWish See Stephen Seifert playing his new chromatic! This page will have images of the new models soon! David Beede's 'Big Beede' full sized dulcimers
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