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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

What is your's made of, James?  Saw a beautiful one on the net but the base 
was made of redwood and I can't for the life of me figure why anyone would 
want to use such a soft wood.  Seems to me it would mute the sound almost 
down to a thunk.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> Yes indeed!  But the trick is to make the box so that the 700lbs of 
> tension
> from all the strings doesn't rip it apart before it is up to pitch.
>
> -----------------------------
>
> I played the hammered dulcimer in a Celtic band for a number of years. 
> One
> gig we were backstage when, after all it being Irish music, the whistle 
> player
> passed around a bottle of Bushmill.  The patron of the theater just 
> happened
> back stage at that moment, glanced at me with a raised eyebrow and said, 
> "Oh, I
> get it now, a hammered dulcimer player!"
>
>
> Pentagon indeed!
>
> James   </HTML>
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