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 set out of the pins, nut and table:
Tuned to pitch the dry fit works fine.
The new dulcimer and an ancestor.
Production instruments are on their way:
Richard Blake shows the way. The joy of the Norfolk dulcimer will soon ring out!
B
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Brilliant, brilliant!!!! Well done Richard and team. This will enable the local style of playing to continue into the future.
Thanks Katie, it is our hope to put these instruments in the hands of new, local players as soon as we can!
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Keep me posted, I’ve a new Brooks (or not quite new, she’s got a bog-oak soundboard 1900 years old) in Enfield and starting work learning, myself.
One question, hammers?
Jel,
Contact Richard at
monikarichard@yahoo.co.uk
He will sort you out for hammers!.
Bill
Will do, many thanks, Bill
Another question about local sources, did anyone record unique tunes to the area (my former credentials in the EFDSS Choir are showing)? I know the later players in this area tended to fit the hits of the day, but there was a local style I need to get on top of. Whence the hammers…
Richard will put you right on that too, he has the tunes.
B