Dulcimer production: best batch yet!

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At Marcus Ashbys workshop the first batch of Norfolk dulcimers are underway: With luck the first instrument will be ready for Easter celebrations! B

The new Norfolk dulcimer:1st notes

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Fully strung and settled in the first notes ring out of dulcimer No1. There are a few snags with it and this is to be expected with a prototype, despite our best efforts the tuning had a tendency to slip … Continue reading →

The new Norfolk dulcimer: stringing ducimer No.1

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This is the first dulcimer body in its finished state, this is a ‘plain’ finished model the fancy decorated ones will have to wait: The workshop finish is suberb. The 20 brass topped bridges, 80 strings, wrest & hitch pins … Continue reading →

Norfolk Dulcimer revival: the prototype

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As far as is known these are the first dulcimers made in Norfolk for around 100 years. Drawings are  issued……and work is progressing at Marcus Ashby’s Norwich workshop:Precise workmanship by David Thomas is making the CAD real:Test stringing confirms the … Continue reading →

The new Norfolk dulcimer

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After almost 100 years Norfolk dulcimers are to be made again in Norfolk. The East Anglian Traditional Music Trust has kept the tradition of dulcimer playing alive by collecting the music and memories of  the dulcimer playing families in the … Continue reading →

CHNT 17

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This week I have been lucky to be invited to represent kubit at CHNT 17 Vienna. My short paper was on 2 projects from last year where PhotoPlan saved the day. The message is a simple one: the camera is … Continue reading →

The Slavko Pengov murals at Tito’s Villa Bled

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The mural is massive, it is impossible to see it all at once. It tells the story of Tito’s partisan army defeat of the German army from 1941 to 1945. The story reads from left to right culminating in the … Continue reading →

Wall decoration in and around Bled, Slovenia

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The civic hall at Bled has a high level frieze depicting local industry and agriculture, the stylized nature of the design makes me think the work is from the 1960′s although the buiding is earlier. The design is really sharp … Continue reading →

The Top 10 products in production for 50 years: Going strong at 50

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Charles and Ray Eame’s famous chair design is still in production more than 50 years after its launch. This was pointed out nicely by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s superb new documentary film ‘Eames the Architect and the Painter’. Few … Continue reading →

Have a go heroes

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When this blog got spotted by an archeological blogger I followed the link back and in doing so discovered a new ‘how to do survey’  publication “A practical guide to recording Archeological sites” published by RCAHMS in 2011. As a surveyor … Continue reading →