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Ray & Shirley Jacobs play Rocky Mountain Dulcimer

Posted by Kiko Denzer on February 1, 2013 at 1:48am

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These are made of 2x4, plywood, cardboard, and $10-$20 worth of hardware. Anyone can make (and play!) one. Ray taught 4th grade for 20 years, and many of his kids built their own and learned to play. Here's a solution for any teacher strapped for funds to pay for instruments. And how much more will the kids get from the experience if they can make their own! Free instructional pdf at Hand Print Press dot com. Also in paperback for ten bux. by Kiko Denzer (author of Build Your Own Earth Oven) ISBN: 9780615748931

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Dave Lynas May 4, 2017 at 7:14am

Kiko Denzer? The same who makes Earth Ovens? I love your book and hope to make an oven someday. Wonderful book!
Dave Lynas May 4, 2017 at 7:10am

Great play. I think you two have played a while together. Nice cozy cabin too. I like the sound holes on those rigs. Excellent!
Crow February 2, 2013 at 7:59am

i love this video. i only hope i can enjoy making and playing music with someone as long as these two! i've also downloaded and read the PDF, and it's FANTASTIC! this guy is a real sweet dude, he included every little detail, right down to a chord chart and a hand drawn diagram showing how geared tuners should be correctly installed so the gears work together... i would love to learn more about ray, he seems like a great guy!!!!!
Tom Walters February 1, 2013 at 11:10pm

Well done and thanks for sharing.......great for teachers and kids to learn music.....

great playing too.

Tom
Lewis Harris February 1, 2013 at 7:38am

I love it, the fire in the background, make me remember the good old days a grandma's house listening to my uncle's play.
Randy S. Bretz February 1, 2013 at 6:09am

Dulcimer tuning with a chromatic fretting,,,,awesome pickin !!!