The mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple-looking instrument. Only about three feet long from tip to tip, with three strings and a neck full of frets, almost like a cross between a violin and ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

Ask her about the dulcimer. Three strings. Four, five; even those with scores. Mountain or hammered. Teardrop, hourglass or box. It doesn't matter. Just run any question about the dulcimer past Ruth ...

Nationally recognized musician Heidi Muller introduced more than 300 Wallowa County children and adults to the mountain dulcimer last week, spending time in classrooms and at an open house teaching ...

Sam Edelston is a man on a mission. The Greenwich musician wants to make dulcimers as popular to the world as guitars, trumpets, pianos, harps, you name it. Dulcimers? ... Yes, dulcimers. Edelston ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Appalachian dulcimer was made by ...

Four years ago, I had never heard of a dulcimer, which is a musical instrument. Now, it seems like everyone plays it, including me. Just recently, I was in the library and ran into a co-worker.

I walked into the social hall of St. Thomas United Church of Christ, and there up front was a dreadlocked young man with a million-dollar smile. This was Bing Futch, award-winning musician, teacher, ...