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Bowing the Dulcimer



Mark wrote:

> I'm not sure if this would help anyone, but I saw a street performer in
Berkeley
> CA a few weeks ago and he was playing a hammer dulcimer.  However, he
seemed to
> have a few special hammers that had a crescent shaped end that must have
been
> coated with rosin or the equivalent.  With this setup, he was able to get
both
> hammered and bowed sounds.  It was VERY cool.

I saw a fellow at the NAMM show doing this--Michael Masley.  He's in a 
group
with Michael Manring, and does a lot of solo stuff.  Think it was him?