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Use one long string threaded thru the 2 small holes and inch and a half drywall screws work for the nut and bridge. Be sure when you're done that each fret sounds and if it doesn't tap in the next fret up as its a bit too high......This is dead easy, I swear to you.

Also, probably still the BEST stuff on Appalchian Dulcimer is in Jean Ritchie's books and although there are a lot of fancier players, Jean is still true to the origins of the instrument. AND...I keep plugging this album...One of Jean's sisters, Edna, was recorded by Sandy Paton, a legendary old folkie, owner of Folk-Legacy Records with his wonderful wife Caroline, and a Mudcatter. "Edna Ritchie, of Viper, Kentucky" is available only on their Custom Cassettes and to me is essential listening. It is the most tasteful use of an Appalachian Dulcimer I've ever heard. It truly accompanies her. There are a lot of excellent mountain and trad songs and she does them as they were sung in the Settlement Schools.

And then...just to be pedantic.....I'm always amazed at the things we call a harp! Autoharps are "board zithers," but who the hell would buy an Autozither? The lap harp is a psaltery which is also a board zither, as is the Hammered Dulcimer. The Appalachian dulcimer is a "long zither." Of course we refer to harmonicas as "harps" from mouth harp, not to be confused with a jaw harp (a form of mouth bow) we call a Jew's harp. If you don't like the sound of the word, but like the sound of the instrument, call it a harp!!! Ah well..........

Spaw