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Hi Tim, This video really helped me do this the right way. I have a question regarding your jack. How did you mount the jack through the tailblock? Is it a factory option? Thanks.

This is the best demonstration I have seen. Very helpful!

Just purchased a dulcimer and this video is super helpful for me to restring.

You don't need to remove the ball to fit it over the head of the string pin. You can push the straight end of the string through the ball and pull it until it makes a small loop that fits over the head of the string pin.

Much appreciated knowing to set the tuning to Chromatic for tuning my new WINK Mountain Dulcimer ✨🙏🏽✨🫶🏽

Where are you located?

Thank you Sir.....S hook?

Thank you! I'm totally new to the mountain dulcimer and this video has helped me tremendously. (The very first time I put strings on I pretty much butchered them. Ha!)

The sound of that dulcimer puts the image of a beach at sunset in my mind.

What octave is dad tuning

A quick thank you to the team. My Dulcimer, this very model, arrived Saturday. What a beautiful sound it has and it is a beautiful instrument. As a beginer dulcimer player, it is outstanding and to me the best beginner dulcimer to own. I tried several at a local folk music store who had a few other brands including this one. Glad I ordered from McSpadden. All the best to the entire team.

Micarta is an amazing material. I looked it up and suprised it was developed in 1910. It can contain, linenm canvasm paper, fiberglass, carbon fiber, or other fabric in a thermosetting plastic. (that's a mouth full). I have had knives with micarta handles and are wonderful. While I love ebony, it's price and the fact it is endangered and controled speices have prevented me from going to ebony. Thank you both for the great explaination and choosing what might work for us. I still like the traditional look of fret board matching the body. 🙂

It's hard to beat a McSpadden, the tone, clarity and quality are second to none. I love the three that I have.

Looking forward to addiontal videos. These are great informative videos and I appreciate the details. Looking forward to discussion and string selection for various dulcimers,

Nylon strings?

the sound is wonderful and beautiful. I can't wait till mine arrives. I have the 26 walnut on order. 🙂

Bruce, thanks for pointing that out. This is not a baritone.

LInk from the Mcspadden page labeled this as a video of the baritone version of 4FHWR but don't think this is correct video.

Oh, it sounds so beautiful!

That there is a mountain dulcimer with a drumskin attached.

Thank you for great instructions. I’m a newbie and acquired a dulcimer from a friend to try. Hope to learn and then to get a McSpadden. Which strings do you recommend to use?

Thank you for great instructions. I’m a newbie and acquired a dulcimer from a friend to try. Hope to learn and then to get a McSpadden. Which strings do you recommend to use?

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So if mine has the heart on it ,is that a makers mark?

I love this model - I went through all the models. The cherry wood sounds beautiful. I will be ordering this model with an extra 1 1/2 fret. Cynthia

Hard to see what’s going on

I was camping about a week ago and it started raining so we visited here i got my brother some strings i was impressed by the costoner service was and the whole experience made me decide to start playing dulcimer 10/10 hope to visit again

I really needed this! Thank you!

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Fantastic. I'll take one!

Love my cherry/sycamore McSpadden! Very much a novelty in the UK………

A beautiful dulcimer with excellent sound!

Beautiful sound. Future request though - please add at the end a bar or two of the instruments being strummed, not just plucked. Different instruments can sound better plucked than strummed and vice versa. Having a bit of both could help.

Thank you!

Thanks for this. It’s hard for me to put a new string on my Ginger, which came with ball ended strings. I’m learning.

Thankyou! I have acquired an older scroll head and wondered how to replace strings. Very clear instructions!

Thanks so much. I was quite intimidated by the scroll head and changing strings, but this was great!

VSL is just over 23”

So very helpful. Do you have a video on replacing the tuning pegs on a scroll head dulcimer? What kind would you recommend. Mine are not holding and have been tightened as much as possible. Thanks

Thank you for doing these videos. They are very helpful

this is instructive thanks

Great information for us newbies! I always wondered, with instruments, how will you know if you should change the strings? just when they break? Never heard about the suggestion to change them after about 50 hours of playing. Is it because aged strings are harder to play? just don't stay in tune? something else? I suppose changing them at set intervals makes sense to me. I'm fairly prolific at sewing and have taught sewing education for years. Old school thinking was to change your needle when it breaks. Those sewists with a bit more wisdom know to change them often. It's said the lifespan of a machine sewing needle is 8 hours for a common household machine, professional high-speed machines are about half that.) If you cannot remember when you changed your machine sewing needle just go ahead and change it. A damaged tip or eye on a needle will cause microscopic tears in the fabric and/or thread. Your finished garment or quilt will be fine and look wonderful when it's finished but wash it once or twice and you'll see the frayed fabric show up all along every seam line. (Ask me how I know - especially with knits) Your hard work of sewing will only result in a garment with a short lifespan - when it starts ripping at the seams with use. Thanks for this info on how to change my strings on my dulcimer. It's so helpful.

really nice information does mc spadden ship instruments in canada ?how can i buy one ?

well played pard *LIKED* and *S*BSCRIBED*

Beautiful! What is the string length nut-to-bridge (VSL) on the Ginger model?