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Traditional Hourglass Style Mountain Dulcimer Plan

Item Number 2310153

Regular price $20.00

If you have ever wondered how to build your own mountain dulcimer, then you need our building plans for a traditional hourglass-shaped mountain dulcimer. Our full scale pattern shows you the exact dimensions and shapes for the fingerboard, soundboard (top), braces, back, tail block, fingerboard, fret spacing (this plan shows a 27" VSL), bridges, string spacing and so much more. Suggested wood types are also provided. This hourglass dulcimer plan will get you past the hard part of building an instrument, and right into the fun part - cutting, gluing, and finishing!
 
Please note: The various wood parts that we offer are appropriate for use with this dulcimer plan, but you may find that some dimensions don't match exactly. If you use the wood parts that we sell (the same parts we use in our own shop for building Folkcraft and FolkRoots dulcimers!) you may find it necessary to adjust this dulcimer plan to fit the wood perfectly. These mountain dulcimer plans are intended to offer you a starting point and a set of guidelines for the instruments you will build. This plan is a physical product, printed on paper. It is not currently available as a PDF or download.

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Richard Weber
Tenor guitar plan

I’ve had this dream of making a tenor guitar since a kid from the sixties, well a 19 year old that lost part of my left index finger in and accident working for the Union Pacific Railroad. I made an outline of my own design on poster board with 1 inch grid. I still have the cutout after all these years, all I have to do is compare it with the Folkcraft design. I was excited to receive the plan, hoping there would be more than just the body outline. I was pleased that the plan had all the necessary diagrams for the neck, bolt on or dovetail method, fretboard and fret spacing, body size and bracing locations, lining type, bridge designs, and body side taper. Looks like quite a bit of information is included to successfully make the guitar, which I plan to do after I complete two ukuleles, a baritone and a tenor.

I feel the price for the plan is quite reasonable and and worth every penny.

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Steve G
Great Source for Plans

Found the original LMI guitar plans. Great communication and fast shipping. Thanks !

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Joe Customer
Great Company

Ordered a plan for an OM with a cutaway. Shipped quick.

Would shop here again.