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Date Posted: 10:59:05 02/14/03 Fri
Author: Rob Weingartner
Subject: Re: Dulcimer
In reply to: Rob Weingartner 's message, "Dulcimer" on 19:42:36 02/13/03 Thu

I would like to correct myself. I should not have said a 'mountain' dulcimer was the same kind Brian played. It looks like the same kind he played. There are different kinds of dulcimers: Japanese, English, etc. Some are different in shape. There is a 'hammered' dulcimer which you play with hammers. That is not the one Brian played. He played the one that you can use a quill or a pick. If you take a look at Jean Ritchie's web site you will see links to other information regarding dulcimers. Or, you can do a search on dulcimers in a search engine.

I have two interviews where Brian talks about a dulcimer. One interview from the "Rolling Stones Monthly Book," from April 1966, he says: "It gives kind of a blue grass sound, and you pluck it like a harpsichord. I find it easier to play when lying on the floor, otherwise it slips off your lap." In another interview he says: "It's an old English instrument which was used at the beginning of the century. It gives kind of a blue grass sound, and you pluck it like a harpsichord - I use a sharpened quill."

If anyone has other interview where Brian talks more about a dulcomer, please let me know.

Rob Weingartner

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