Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Forerunners -- 3. The dulcimer's origins -- 4. The santur -- 5. The hackbrett -- 6. The Cimbalom family -- 7. The pantaleon -- 8. The salerio -- 9. The French psalterion and ...

Expressions looks at one of the original American instruments--the mountain dulcimer The mountain dulcimer is a true American original and so is Bernd Krause, a luthier of over forty years who ...

Ninety-two-year-old Irene Radcliffe wasn't quite sure what she was looking at when she brought down a heavy wooden box from her attic. But she knew it was something special. Also a little puzzled was ...

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, at the Parkway visitor center located at milepost 266 ...