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cbg#5 vintage Cigar Box Dulcimer

Posted by MikeBoy on August 7, 2010 at 12:45am

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dulcimer, Vintage

This is a sound demo of an old M.W. Mendel Bros. cigar box Dulcimer. I found the box in my father-in-laws garage. It was filled with old bullets/ammunition. some of the boxes of amo were dated from 1910. Not sure how old the box is...Took about 4 hours to build. The neck is a piece of scrap laying around and the key is from an old door hanging in the rafters.

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bemuzic August 7, 2010 at 1:59pm

I wish my father in law had tools like that,lol!
Jim Mitchell August 7, 2010 at 11:41am

Good looking build....
MikeBoy August 7, 2010 at 9:41am

Oh yes the siren. We live near Fire station #1. I don't hear them any more. :-) Guess that's just part of living in the city. At least there were no gun shots!

Thanks again.
MikeBoy August 7, 2010 at 9:34am

Thanks very much! One thing i should have mentioned is my Father in-law is a very good woodworker/carpenter and helped me setup and use all hes shop tools. It is all top notch stuff including jointers, planers, routers, and table, band, jig saws. So I guess I'm a bit of a cheater when it comes to this "Old School" build...
bemuzic August 7, 2010 at 5:56am

btw that's weird at the end, with the really relaxing music but with the siren in the background!!
bemuzic August 7, 2010 at 5:54am

really nice...amazing you made it in just 4hrs!!
MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) August 7, 2010 at 2:38am

That is some old box - very envious!