"Silvan" wrote in message
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"Larry" LVenickATcomcastDOTnet wrote:

Yes, it is. You could be the greatest Dulcimer builder in the world, and
I
don't think anyone would notice how exact your Fret Slots were sawn, or
the fact that they were perfectly square (unless, of course, they
weren't)

I'm not actually so much worried about square as getting them in just the
right spot.

Well.... if it's not square, then it's not in the right spot, is it?


Yes, they do. You can get it with the "6 1/2 Fret" in order to be
fully
chromatic. (it's halfway between the 6th and 7th frets)
Without it, you'd be missing the "Ti" (as in Do-Ray-Me-Fa.......etc)

I don't think so, would I? I haven't paid that much attention to the
scale
on Dad's, but I think it's a diatonic instrument. So it has a ti as well
as everything else in a normal major scale, but you can't play any
accidentals on it.

Anyway, so I seem to have one vote for "we'll still respect you in the
morning if you cheat on the frets." Do I hear a second?

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