I think you could have several shipped direct from Romania (the manufacturer’s site http://www.hora.ro ) for that.
Several? How about, let’s see, 12. And three-quarters. Ooh, I’m sold. In all fairness, I am ignoring the shipping. Let’s make it just 12, then. And look! A hammered dulcimer for just $289! Let’s throw a few of those in, too.
Thanks, Walden. Most informative, indeed. Sheesh.
I used to see Clarke tin whistles listed as ‘rare flutes’ and such for $50, $100, etc…
http://www.petersontuners.com/news/bbo/index.cfm here is one that no one should be with out.
Can someone explain the odd bridge arrangements on those hammered dulcimers? What about that “concert hd”?
That’s kind of cool.
the socalled concert hd is a cimbalom of hungarian design, has peddles that provide the same functions as the ones on a piano.
the bridges on a hd, the treble bridge splits the treble strings at about the 2/3s giving playable strings on both sides of the bridge and the bass bridge is far off to one side with playable strings one side.
fly - on that hammered dulcimer, it LOOKS like it may be a 11/12 or some similar set up, with some extra bass notes at the bottom. The right bridge looks strange, like the compenstation is skewed the wrong way.
I’ve not seen a cimbalom “in person” but have seen hammered dulcimers with dampers (John McCutcheon plays one). The dampers are the opposite of the peddles on a piano, you push down with your foot when you want to cut sustain, let up when you want to hold sustain. Confuses the heck outta me. But I don’t play hammered enough to be anywhere near proficiant on it.
I’ve noticed no one has bid on the MD yet. What are you all WAITING for, you gonna snipe at the last second or something??? 
Missy
Yet another Michigander. You’re not that rascal Satyricon are you? Coming to haunt me in another guise?
I know what the bridges do on a hammered dulcimer, I play one. I wanted to know why those on the picture look so odd.
rascal, erm, maybe. Satyricon i am not.
I’m independently stupid. Now I just need the wealth.
Didn’t think so. Satyricon was the user name of a sort of friend of mine. He moved last year and I haven’t heard from him in awhile.
I just saw the “Michigan” and wondered.
There are a lot of Michiganders on this site.
Michigan is the Hammered Dulcimer capital in case anyone didn’t know that.