# I got KORG'd!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 12, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413 "2011-10-12T11:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413/1 "2011-10-12T11:20:47Z")

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Yesterday was my birthday\* !!!

My wonderful darling sweetie newbie husband of a spouse gave me a Korg combo tuner/metronome thingy so I can tune up and keep rhythm on my Appalachian dulcimer 😃

We did the Angler’s Family Restaurant Trifecta ([www.anglersseafoodrestaurant.com](http://www.anglersseafoodrestaurant.com)) to Newport, Hampden, and Searsport, Maine: steamed mussels appetizer, fried clams & OYSTERS (me), trout (him) main course, and a spectacularly overlarge maple blondie ice cream sundae (me), sugarfree grapenut custard (him). Oooooof!

The weather was sparkly sunny, with beautiful Maine vistas and turning leaves. Be happy for us!

\*62 y.o. How did THAT happen :smack:

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413/2 "2011-10-12T13:34:11Z")

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Well, now. What, you play something like this?  
[![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/FavoriteDulcimers_110310_3544_edited-1.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/FavoriteDulcimers_110310_3544_edited-1.jpg)  
(The lighter color one is a Warren May, from Kentucky. The one with the ebony fingerboard is from Mary Matarienen in CT. )

> **[Berea, KY Woodworker: Warren A. May Mountain Dulcimers & Furniture](https://www.warrenamay.com/)**
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> Warren A. May (Berea, KY) has been featured in Popular Woodworking, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork magazines. Kentucky Mountain Dulcimers / Furniture

[http://www.laurelmountaininstruments.com/id92.html](http://www.laurelmountaininstruments.com/id92.html)

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413/3 "2011-10-12T14:54:48Z")

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> [@E-Sabbath](#):
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> Well, now. What, you play something like this?  
> [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/FavoriteDulcimers\_110310\_3544\_edited-1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/FavoriteDulcimers_110310_3544_edited-1.jpg)  
> (The lighter color one is a Warren May, from Kentucky. The one with the ebony fingerboard is from Mary Matarienen in CT. )  
> [http://www.warrenamay.com/](http://www.warrenamay.com/)  
> [http://www.laurelmountaininstruments.com/id92.html](http://www.laurelmountaininstruments.com/id92.html)

Yup! The chromatic side of the Korg is overkill for my three strings, but any port in a storm. My dulcimer was made by Jeff Kamps in Hardy, AR.

[http://www.flat-creek.com](http://www.flat-creek.com)

I got it in 1992, still learning what to do with it. My teacher was the wonderful Larkin Bryant, of Memphis, TN.

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413/4 "2011-10-12T15:05:02Z")

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Okay, I’m happy for you. Sounds like a great celebration. Happy Birthday.