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Tools/Fret wire bender

Home made jigs and tools are part of the fun of all this for me. These link to some of the best examples for plans and how-to for fret wire benders. Copyright the individual authors, included here for the purpose of research. Fret bender v1…

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Wire coat hangers?

It seems that they are pretty useless but I generate wire coat hangers, any ideas of an application for these? Weld them for sound hole screens? Frets? Thanks, PRH

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Fiddles and cellos as raw materials

Does anyone have an opinion on taking a fiddle (or this old clunker of a 3/4 cello I have) and making it into a dulcimer CBG etc.? The results would seem to be resonant creatures (I think) but what would you cut, what must you leave in the structure…

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