Mill Branch Dulcimores

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Sow Hogfiddle
Poplar top and fretboard.
Sycamore back and sides.
Black Walnut ends.
25 inch vsl.
Standard tuning DAA but pretty flexible to be tuned in other tunings.

Video to come.

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Virginian
Red Spruce top.
Curly Sassafras back, sides and fretboard.
Curly Maple ends.
Solid copper fine tuning beads.
Solid brass nut and bridge.
Decorative metal tail plate with solid brass screws.
Solid brass string anchor nails.
17 frets.
24 inch vsl
Tuned dddd unison but can also tune to eeee or eedd with current string sizes.
Tweaked intonation.
No extra charge for knotholes, saw marks and hammer mule tracks.

Video coming soon.

The sanding has begun on the Virginian:

Got the sides on the Virginian today. Getting closer to having it finished.
This one has no owner and will be for sale soon.

Shoat Hogfiddle.
Cherry top.
Osage Orange back, sides and fingerboard.
Curly Maple ends.
22-11/16" vsl.
4 string unison tuned dddd.
Can also be tuned eeee. Or minor tuned eedd.

Used some red spruce from my friend Kevin Little for the top of this Virginian dulcimore and got it roughed out.

Sold pending payment.
Piglet Hogfiddle
Yellow pine to, back, sides, and fretboard. (Repurposed wood from a cabinet)
Sycamore ends.
Holly fingerboard, feet and back overlays.
21" vsl.
Tuned Ionian Aee
Total length of only 26-1/2 inches.
6 inches wide.
1-1/2 inch tall sides.

Whistlepig Hogfiddle.
Buckeye top.
Yellow pine back, sides, and fretboard. (Repurposed wood from a cabinet)
Curly Maple ends and fingerboard.
19-1/2" vsl.
4th octave daa tuning and can be tuned to cgg or to dag minor tuning.
Pythagorean temperament fret pattern but can be tuned to equal temperament tuner to play with other instruments.
Total length of only 25 inches.
6 inches wide.
1-1/2 inch tall sides.

First coat of finish on this Shoat.
Osage Orange, Cherry and Curly Maple.

First coat of finish on the Piglet. This will be for sale soon. Message if interested.

Finished the Reso-Strummer today. Still have a few fine tuning tweaks to do. A mixture of woods. Mostly cherry. Sassafras on the back...
22-3/4" vsl. (Tenor guitar length).
Tuned G2g3-B2b3-E3e4

Box is finished. Now to finish the neck.

Not a dulcimore!

Got the boiled linseed oil applied today. If it soaks into the wood well enough I'll apply the beeswax tomorrow.

Message if interested:
Whistlepig under construction. Should be finished in a couple weeks.
Buckeye top.
Yellow pine back and sides.
Curly maple fingerboard , tailpiece and peghead.
3 strings.
Around 19.5" vsl
Can fret and tune for desired mode within the parameters of the vsl.

$100 a pint. Just holler if you need some.

In 2020 I began researching a tip that I was related to old Kentucky dulcimore builders McKinley Craft, (my mother was a Craft) and I.D. Stamper. I researched McKinley Craft and did indeed find out we were distant kin.

McKinley Craft- Mckinley and I are related through Archelous Craft: 1749-1853. And also Ambrose Amburgey: 1792-1875 and John Hammond: 1685-1764. So we would have been kin even is he wasn't a Craft. And McKinley actually has the Hammond's coming down through two lines of his family as do I.

Fast forward to July 2021 and I began researching more of the old Kentucky dulcimore builders. And, I did in fact learn I was also related to I.D. Stamper! My favorite dulcimore player!
I.D. Stamper- We are related through Archelous Craft: 1749-1853, John Hammonds: 1685-1764 and Stephen James Caudill: 1683-1758.

But that wasn't all. I've also learned I'm kin to:

Will Singleton- We are related through William Jesse Cornett: 1761-1836

John D. Tignor- We are related through John Hammond: 1685-1764, Abner Everidge: 1745-1790, Ambrose Amburgy: 1792-1875, Josiah Tignor: 1773-1850.

Jethro Amburgy- We are related through John Hammond: 1685-1764, Ambrose Amburgey: 1792-1875.

Bristol Taylor- We are related through Ambrose Amburgey: 1792-1875.

Jean Richie- We are related through Abner Everidge: 1745-1790.

All these people lived in the same area of Kentucky that my great Grandpa Craft was born and raised in. Although they're distant relatives I was and am thrilled to learn of the relation to them. Mainly because before 2006 I didn't know what a dulcimore was. And then to learn I have relatives that made them!

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The Signature Virginian

The McKinley Craft
Cherry and curly maple

The Dewdrop Concert Model.