Hammer Dulcimer Played by Chet Parker Released in 1966, when the hammered dulcimer's future was uncertain, this album features medleys of mostly old time fiddle tunes played on this psaltery-like ...

The dulcimer gets its name from the Latin word dulcis meaning "sweet" and the Greek word melos for "sound." The instrument has three or four strings, but simple melodies are mostly carried on only ...

A musical instrument popular in the time of Alexander the Great and immortalised in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan is close to disappearing, its only manufacturer has warned. The dulcimer - ...

Local dulcimer maker and musician, Doug Berch has spent most of his life living with a chronic spinal inflammatory disease and is a panelist for tonight’s discussion. Doug, thanks for being here.

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WINTER HAVEN | When Janet Howard heard the hammered dulcimer for the first time about two years ago at a talent show, she knew she had to learn more. At first it sounded kind of like a piano, but ...

Mr. Smith gravitated to luthiery, making his first dulcimer, played on the lap, and apprenticing at the school for nearly a year. “I fell in love with it real quick,” he said.

The dulcimer is an ancient instrument considered an ancestor to the piano. According to Yoder’s wife, Donna, 41, when she turned on the livestream that evening, 12 people tuned in.