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February Comes In With Snow

February 1, 2008May 8, 2008 ~ Doug

A Cold and Blustery Day

A beautiful snowy day. I get to spend the day in the shop. In a few hours I will have set up another prototype dulcimer and will be playing it. It’s a nice way to start off the month.

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The back, sides and peghead of dulcimer no. 207 ha The back, sides and peghead of dulcimer no. 207 have been sealed, and now I'm prepping the soundboard for finish.
- Gluing the fretboard to the soundboard on dulcim - Gluing the fretboard to the soundboard on dulcimer no. 208. The long wooden clamping caul has a convex curve, and clamping down the ends puts pressure along the entire length of the fretboard. Only one clamp at each end is necessary to firmly clamp the joint, but I feel better adding a few more just to be sure.
- Though simple, it took me a surprisingly long ti - Though simple, it took me a surprisingly long time to come up with the soundhole design for my dulcimers.
What took even longer was training termites to create perfectly round holes of the right sizes in the right places.
Only joking.
Or am I?
Getting ready to cut out the Adirondack spruce sou Getting ready to cut out the Adirondack spruce soundboard for dulcimer no. 208.
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