Thank you, Dforrest. Mize dulcimers are very sweet. 

Wonderful sweet sound. I have a later Mize dulcimer and love it.

Thank you, Rick! My 2 Mize dulcimers are his older ones, 1973, when he was still using what I understand is called "Mountain tuning" or "Kentucky tuning". So you cannot play cords on them; they MUST be played the traditional mountain way of noter/drones. Also, the nut and bridge are notched so that the 4 strings are equally spaced like Jeanie Ritchie's 4 string. (I scooted the one over to play the way I normally do with 2 strings for the melody.) 

Anyway, thanks for your kind words.

I enjoyed this a lot, Brenda!  Enjoy your Mize treasures. :)

Many thanks, Salt Springs!

Most excellent!

Thank you, Sam! I'm a BIG fan of keeping the traditional mountain style of playing alive and well.

A traditional style, strong in the heritage of the mountain dulcimer. I love hearing a dulcimer played as you play. Thank you for sharing. 

Enjoyed your playing. I have a Mize dulcimer bought in the 1990's at a shop in Tennessee. It looks almost exactly like yours, but it does not have those beautiful wooden tuning pegs. Also, mine does have the 6.5 fret and "Mize" on the fretboard. I absolutely love the sound of it. It came with a block for hanging it on the wall. It was not expensive, and I had no idea what I was buying at the time.

Yes, Peter, two. This one I'm playing here and a 3 string also 1973 with heart sound holes. They are his earlier work, before he started putting his name on the fret board, and both also have the "mountain tuning" peculiar to his earlier dulcimers.

Thank you,

Brenda 

You stumbled upon two!!!!!!

Lovely instruments and lovely playing.

Thank you.

Peter

Thank you, Marg. 

Yes, beautiful the sound, the dulcimer & the playing. Thanks