What a lovely dulcimer! 

Bill, what a BEAUTY this dulcimer is!!
Tell us more about it-  who made it? Did you buy it new?
Are you playing it in the key of A? (thus your Aea tuning)
Tell us how/where you are finding it fun and useful to play on.
Really.. how very lovely this instrument is.

thank you so much!  I built this instrument recently , it is my dulcimer # 160.  The top is silver maple, sides are Santos Mahogany and back is highly figured wild cherry.  Tuning to Aea sounds better on it than either C or D, due to the  size, higher notes are a little muted but mid and bass come thru very clear.

I just turned 85 years old, dulcimers are my hobby, playing and building