Overview of the Make & Play Project

First 'Matt-Wood' made for 'The Millennium Awards Scheme'

This Matt-Wood  model is the prototype I designed and made for the "Make and Play" project, funded by the "Millennium Award Scheme". There were four organizers, Sally Whytehead, Arthur Nichols, Julie Pitts, and Myself. After much deliberation we finally started the course, with the first meeting on Thursday the 3rd of August 2000. A total of 21 dulcimers were being made, each one consisting of 12 treble and 11 bass courses, 2 strings per course. There were 9 families attending this first session totalling 16 persons in all, with ages ranging from 7 years old to ????. Our second course started on Saturday the 2nd of September 2000 with 8 families involved, totalling 19 persons with a similar age range.










I'd like to pass on a special thankyou to a local company, Webster & Horsfall, who very kindly donated  the music wire used to make the strings for all the instruments on this project.

A look at the instruments made by the people who attended the courses.

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Made by Bob Ambrose

Made by Sandra Crossland

Made by Ian Goss

Made by David Haynes

Made by Barry Jones

Made by Ron and Mavis Parker

Made by Karen Pilwar

Made by Shohkrollah Pilwar

Made by Stuart & Margaret Potter

Made by John & Rosemary Preece

Made by John Rogers

Made by Chris Skirrow

Made by Pearl & Kate Wakefield

Made by Suzanne Weisskopf-Biggs

Made by David & Katrina Wells

Made by Derek Yeomans