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Re: Bowing the Dulcimer



quite possible, but I honestly don't know.

Mark

Gary Lehmann wrote:

> 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?