I know we are all very grateful to Bruce for having given us a wonderful place to connect, discuss, and learn about dulcimers for 16 years. because he likely will not keep the page with the links and explanation there forever.īruce did not hand over the ED forums to someone else, and he explained his reasons there, which I think make a lot of sense.Īs most of you know, the ED Facebook page will continue on, and is run by Ron Zuckerman, who is now also a member of FOTMD (welcome Ron!)
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One word of advice I would add is that if you want to keep some of that content Bruce linked to, you should download it now. To read Bruce's message and get the links, go to the domain's main page here:
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You can just click on the links he left for this and you'll be downloading a zip folder containing all the desired content. If you have bookmared the discussion forum, you'll no longer find anything there.Īs he said he would do, Bruce very graciously made sure that folks can download for themselves all the site's TABS, Articles, Events, Club Listings, and Teacher/builder/performer Listing. Those irritated by grain of sand best avoid beach. So I generally just go by 'Strumelia' here on FOTMD.īest wishes to the new mountain/hammered dulcimer site!
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I wish I could give my real full name here, but alas I must discourage stalking incidents. I'll respond right away with site help if you need it. You can contact me directly anytime by email at the link at the bottom of every page here. I started Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer ( ) ten years ago and I run it with the help of several dedicated volunteer moderators who are very generous with their time and assistance on the site. I started playing the dulcimer about 22 years ago and was an active member of Bruce Ford's everythingdulcimer site for about fifteen years, also the "SweetMusic Digest" before that. I'm Strumelia, I'm located in New York state. I do think it'd be good if the new site's owner would actually identify themselves a little more. I'm sure the new site will grow quickly, particularly because of the familiar and long respected name and domain. and now this new 'everythingdulcimer' site as well.
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com site which offers all the old ED site's TAB in addition to adding new tabs over time plus the Teachers and Events section like ED used to have. the Everythingdulcimer Facebook page which was created as an offshoot of the original site for people who like FB, still active. It can get confusing, but there are now four sites to keep distinct in our minds when it comes to "everythingdulcimer" (for those like me who like to keep track of such things, lol): The original website created and owned by Bruce Ford, now gone.
The Everythingdulcimer Facebook page is another existing venue enjoyed by many, which is not connected to this new everythingdulcimer site. after all who doesn't like as many dulcimer related websites as possible? Originally, they began a site they called DulcimerJam, but they've now switched to using the name EverythingDulcimer instead. As the new ED site owner makes clear in their About section, this new site is not affiliated with Bruce Ford or his old everythingdulcimer site. They seem to indicate they will also be adding the tabs from Bruce's old everythingdulcimer site, which Bruce kindly made available for download to anyone needing tabs. This new person decided to use the everythingdulcimer domain name and to call their new dulcimer site everythingdulcimer, the same name Bruce Ford created for his site. Often they just become advertisement click sites that can have nothing (or something) to do with the original domain's subject matter.
Unpaid domains typically are made available to anyone interested in buying them.
Bruce no longer wanted to keep paying for the domain, and let go of his ownership of the domain name). com domain in an online auction once it was no longer owned by the original everythingdulcimer owner/creator (i.e. The person starting this new site has posted the "About" information that they purchased the everythingdulcimer. It was indeed a sad day for so many of us when Bruce's site closed. For clarity's sake, a few things should be noted:Īt the time everythingdulcimer closed, Bruce Ford its creator announced he was shutting the site down and deleting the forums rather than choosing to hand it all over to new owners.