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 ...

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 ...

The Free Online Dictionary writes that a dulcimer, also called the Appalachian dulcimer and the mountain dulcimer, is, “A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four ...

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, ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the ...

A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City. A group of musicians are gathering in central Ohio this week to jam — but ...