minstrel: Thanks from Rosamunde

[Mike Baker]

>> I bought a "student dulcimer" for considerable cheaper ($90, as opposed 
to
>> 200-300 dollars).  It is smaller than your average dulcimer, but is also
>> rectangular.  If I removed the 4th string, I would have a Swedish
>> Langeleik, except for the smaller size.  Cool, huh?
>    For those who wish to know, several companies, (most notably Cedar
> Creek Dulcimer in Branson Mo.) sell Learning "kit" dulcimers for 20
> dollars.  They come with a cardboard body, but full wood part otherwise.
> I prchased ten of the kits for a school I work at.  The instruments were
> easy enough for the kids to build and learn on, (Elementary level, grade
> four), and since the remaining tenth one was unused, I built a rectangular
> wood body for it of spruce and left it at the school for the librarian.
> She tunes it with only three strings...
>    Yup, she's German.
     Mikal Hrafspa
>    Note: the price may vary, I bought those two years ago.  But I can
> get the info for you.  The owner of the company is a friend of mine.

Address (and price update, if available) please!

About the kit: would it be possible to complete one of these using the 
throwaway body and retrofit a wood body later? (Actually, I would normally 
*assume* that this is possible, but have dealt with kits in other fields too 
many times...)

Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
Any opinions expressed are obviously my own unless explicitly stated 
otherwise! 

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