mlsa3 Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 I mentioned when I first joined this wonderful forum that before quilting I was a woodworker. Had planned on doing that when I retired but health problems decided differently and that's when I chose quilting. I get the same satisfaction from working with fabric as I did working with wood but I do still miss my woodworking. Thought ya'll might allow me to post some of my instruments that I made over the years. I mainly made musical instruments. Had a pretty good part time job going to dulcimer festivals teaching autoharp workshops and selling my autoharps and dulcimers. The last picture is a picture of my wife playing her custom dulcimer to our new grandson that was spending the night at our house in his new swinging crib I made him. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Wow, David they are beautiful.. Did you make they cradle too? Wish you had made a video so we could hear the wonderful music. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma H Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Beautiful instruments, beautiful Grandson in his beautiful cradle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Those are beautiful...thanks for sharing them with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Beautiful work. My son dabbles in woodwork and has made some beautiful furniture and accessories of which I have some. I even got him to make me a combination shelf/quilt hanger from a picture that I took at a quilt shop once and he has made me a quilt ladder. I think if he profession ever falls through, he could be a great woodworker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW Quilter Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Such skill and beauty! With your level of dedication to your work, I'm sure it will translate beautifully to your quilting also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMALKB Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Beautiful work...........no wonder you hated to give it up........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 David, my husband is a woodworker, too, so he really understands and appreciates my quilting hobby. We have a Dulcimer he made in his high school years on display in our living room; pretty cool. Yours are absolutely stunning and beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aktbone Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Beautiful! We bought dulsimer kits to put together when our kids were young. Needless to say, life got in the way and they are still in the boxes. This just might inspire my hubby to get them done! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 These instruments are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing the pictures. I had never seen a dulcimer before and had been wondering what it looked like. Now I know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charmaine Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 How precious and beautiful...and not just the grandson. What wonderful pictures of all the creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsa3 Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Just to keep from getting you confused picture #1 and #3 are autoharps....the last picture is a mountain dulcimer.....the next to last picture has both mountain dulcimers and autoharps. The short instruments are autoharps. The long hour glass shaped instruments and the one teardrop instrument are mountain dulcimers. Thanks for all the nice comments. I leave Wednesday with my camper for 5 days to stay at the Lone Star State Dulcimer Festival here in Texas. Workshops, music on stage all day and into the night....sitting around the RV's and playing music with small groups. Very laid back and relaxing. Been doing it for over 25 years. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkinpatchquilter Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 How beautiful and amazing David!! You are so very talented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Oh David... I would love to have one of those...but would need lessons on how to play it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsa3 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Mamu It's possible there might be a dulcimer club around your area. You could google dulcimer clubs and see. We have a great club here in Houston. I have two more weeks of being it's president for the 5th time in 26 years and then I get to pass the reigns over. Then maybe I can go back to playing instead of making sure everybody else gets to play. LOL. It's a lot of fun and the dulcimer is really easy to learn to play. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Those are so gorgeous. It takes real talent to make a musical instrument that sounds as good as it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 You are right David there are two clubs in Montana....both quite a distance from me. I will try an contact the closet one and get information from them. I really want to learn how to play one of these amazing instruments! of course would have to purchase one first...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 They're beautiful. You're one talented guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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