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Deb Suran is a past GAL author and the webmaster of MIMF.com.
▪ bio current as of 2010
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Questions: Instrument plan #39
2010
AL#101 p.70 read this article
Debbie Suran
▪ Numbers in the string gauge table of GAL instrument plan #39: the hammered dulcimer.
Ecuadorian Diary
1996
AL#45 p.4 BRB4 p.258
Debbie Suran
▪ On the trail of S. American luthiers, strange instruments, and unusual wood varieties, in a land where travel is difficult but the people are friendly. Ask your tonewood supplier to start stocking armadillo shells. With 24 photos.
Meet the Maker: Debbie Suran
1995
AL#41 p.26 BRB4 p.134
Nicholas-Von Robison Debbie Suran
▪ Suran is a performer/builder of hammered dulcimers.
GAL Instrument Plan #39: Hammered Dulcimer
1995
AL#41 p.29 BRB4 p.137
Debbie Suran Nicholas-Von Robison
▪ Suran’s design allows for the least amount of tension over the side bridges, which contributes to instrument stability. A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview.
Jatoba
1993
AL#36 p.50 BRB3 p.420 read this article
Nicholas-Von Robison Debbie Suran
▪ Two luthiers examine an alternative wood and find that their samples do not match each other, and that their research texts don’t match descriptions, either. Two chunks of wood point to a common problem for those who are driven to be different.