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Geoffrey R. Johnson Dulcimer?

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Jerry-  I know you posted this query about your Geoffrey Johnson Dulcimer 2 years ago but I'm just getting around to finding it.  I also have a Johnson made dulcimer.  I once posted a question (on this Forum) asking if anyone knew who the maker was or anything about the slightly weird looking beasts.  Within minutes it occurred to me to look deep into the belly and I saw a maker's certificate(?) with the Johnson name.  Couldn't really find out much about the maker and why he made the tail piece so long.  You can't find a dulcimer case on the market to fit it in.  Rifle cases, yes, but not dulcimer cases.  I've got several other dulcimers I take out into public to play but my Geoffrey Johnson dulcimer stays home all the time.

TK O'Brien Walnut Creek Dulcimers

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I'm sorry but I didn't notice this short posting/query until today.  My wife has a TK O'Brien Walnut Creek dulcimer she bought maybe 8 or 10 years ago.  It sounds beautiful and it looks beautiful- walnut body and butternut top.

Identification dulcimer bought in Nebraska

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Okay team, I thank you for your quick responses and I have to apologize.  After I posted my query I decided to look over my mysterious dulcimer a lot more closely.  I got a flashlight and a mirror to see if and what kind of internal bracing was inside and low and behold, I find a stick (handwritten) that says Geoffrey R Johnson, March 1994.  I got on the internet and found some info on this guy and his dulcimers including one for sell somewhere that is almost exactly the same as the one my wife bought.  So is Geoffrey R Johnson gone underground?

Identification dulcimer bought in Nebraska

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A couple of years ago my wife (who was working part-time at an antique store in Beatrice, Nebraska) found this dulcimer at the store and of course she had to buy it.  There are no manufacturer's marks so I'm guessing it's a home made/kit dulcimer.  It has no 6 1/2 fret and is really long 42 inches, tip to tip (it doesn't quit fit into a standard dulcimer bag.)  It's unusual at least to me in that it has such long extensions for the tuning machines and the string end has thru the body holes.

Anyone ever seen anything like this before?

How Many Dulcimers Do You Own?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Between my wife and I if we cold get them all rounded up in the same room at once I think the correct number is 7.  Including a pretty old cardboard dulcimer, a couple of what I suppose are home-made dulcimers my wife picked up when she worked 1 day a week in an antique shop, a small Cripple Creek (think cheap) dulcimer from the same shop, a TK O'Brian, a Hill Country Dulcimer and a courting Dulcimer.  Our latest acquisition was last month when my wife found a Cedar Creek 12/11 Hammered Dulcimer at a garage sale, but I'm not sure I should count it in with its Mountain Dulcimer "cousins."  Oh yeah, I forgot... I also have a Cedar Creek Strumstick.

updated by @rob-williams: 05/21/21 02:29:46PM