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Thread #24127   Message #273936
Posted By: Pinetop Slim
08-Aug-00 - 09:23 PM
Thread Name: Help: Mountain dulcimer history
Subject: RE: Help: Mountain dulcimer history
What tunes did Neil and Pete tear up? Is there a blue clicky for the thread where Spaw gave instructions for building a stick dulcimer? May I ramble? Thank you.
I think of mountain dulcimers as like babies -- I ain't seen one yet that I didn't think was pretty (unlike babies, I want to hold most dulcimers I see. I never heard of a dulcimer peeing on anybody, though I bet Cleigh or Cletus or whatever his name is has got a story about it happening). The cardboard ones that kids paint and put glitter on are the best. A lady named Fay Smith has one made out of pawpaw wood that you can't take your eyes off. Those long slender hourglasses by Uncle Ed Thomas -- I saw a woman slinking down the street today in a sarong; the lines were about the same. I think I'll go lay one just like it across my lap.