Don, welcome to the wonderful world of Daa tuning. I spend most of my time in this tuning. Although I constantly retune to other modes I always come home to Daa.... Robert.
This is the one I have used at various festivals: http://hardwareonlinestore.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=77058&virtuemart_category_id=86603&gclid=CjwKEAjw2ImsBRCnjq70n_amv14SJAChXijN8a6bekBnRJfDi1v2wQsvq7_942f64SCsJaHRbJADwhoCqfbw_wcB I can carry a couple of mountain dulcimers in it and have also carried a hammered dulcimer with it.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
And the best thing is- FOTMD is now in a much more secure and safe environment for the future! No more renting from a cold uncaring marketing corporation Glam/Ning anymore. Now we truly OWN our site here, and it's modern and mobile-friendly and more powerful and flexible for the future! 
p.s. plus I can add a gazillion smilies, whatever I like! lolol
Thank you so much for your kind comments, CD. Good to see you've made it here to the New Frontier!
Big thanks to our three generous Moderators - Dusty Turtle, Jim Fawcett, and Robin Thompson .... who helped all the way through these changes, and helped me test the site while under construction. They also provided wise advice and strong shoulders to lean on when things were difficult.
And of course none of this 'building/moving to a new site' would have been bothered with at all if the entire FOTMD membership weren't so wonderful to begin with! AND... special thanks to all the members of FOTMD who have donated generously- without whose contributions there would not have been the funding to do all this during the past year or so. (and Patron members- I have not forgotten to work on getting your badges back, never fear!)
Group hug to us all! 
Hi Jan,
Held off during the transition time to our new site. Have two carts to show and describe. The first doesn't show instruments, but it's a walker (complete with hand brake) & uses a large gym bag. The earlier version and slightly smaller one
A HUGE Thank you to Strumelia, the Moderators and all involved in this Magical Site!
I believe it is looking good and slowly getting the hang of it. I feel like when all get settlled and glitches are worked out it will be terrific.
I am thankful we have this site, it is great and more, the folks on it are what makes it so great.
Michael, I purchased a pickup from Folkcraft for my Folkcraft dulcimer and installed it myself. It is an under saddle/bridge pickup. If you don't have the skills and tools to do it yourself, take Dusty's suggestion and send it to Folkcraft to have it done.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
I am extremely grateful for all the hard work Strumelia and others put in to making the move. I am sure that it has been an experience of mixed emotions and will continue for a while as various issues arise and get ironed out. To Strumelia, the moderators, and those who took part in the various tests of this site: THANK YOU!
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
CD, I know Strumelia has spent countless hours over the past many months working for this much-needed move. . . I know I am grateful for all she's done!
Back when Deputy Mo was Strumelia's right-hand man, the two of them worked together to be sure FOTMD was a friendly, welcoming place. . . Rod will never be forgotten
Michael, if you can afford it, you might consider sending your instrument back to Folkcraft and asking them to install a pickup. Find out how much that would run you.
If it's too much, Rob's suggestion of the Schatten Dualie is a good idea. I've never used one myself but I've heard good things from several other folks.
No laughing here. Inquiring minds want to know! It lets you plug into an amplifier. There are basically 2 types: magnetic and piezo. Magnetic picks up the vibration of the strings, like an electric guitar. The piezo picks up the vibrations from the top giving a more "acoustic" sound.
I use the Schatten pickup that Rob's talking about and I am pleased with it. I have nothing to compare to as I haven't used any other pickup. I stuck the pickup onto the top of my dulcimer with the double sided tape that Schatten provided, but I actually screwed the jack receiver onto the tail piece of my instrument as I figured it was a sturdier application than glueing or taping.
If you want a stick-on pickup, I highly recommend the Schatten Dualie. Inexpensive and a great sound. I've used mine on my nylon strung guitars, and dulcimers since the dualie has been in the US. (Schatten is a Canadian company.) Never a problem and they are great folks for customer service.
If Jerry Rockwell is making any more of his magnetic, over the top pickups, they are choice as well. Different than the Schatten since they use (I think) a Bill Lawrence humbucker. I'm sure others will offer you more suggestions as well, but those would be my choices.
Thinking of adding a pickup for amplification to my hourglass Folkcraft. Recommendations?
Ayup. That's a bit high. A 2mm doesn't sound like much, but it can be. The height can be lowered by sanding the bottom of the nut and bridge. Carefully slack off all the strings. Put a piece of 60 grit sandpaper, grit side up on a table. Sand a few (10-12) strokes off the bottom of the Nut, then re-tighten the strings and test the height again. Repeat until the strings just touch. Then repeat the process with the Bridge end of things.
So here's the second part of the equation... You said the dulcimer has "a 24" fretboard". Is that the distance between the nut and the bridge? Or some other measure? If that's the distance between nut and bridge, then the 12 and 20 gauge strigs are a bit thin for that VSL (Vibrating String Length) -- and that could be adding to the problem as they would be under more tension than slightly heavier strings to get to the same notes. For a24" VSL, a good set of gauges would be 22W for the bass, 15 plain for the middle and 12 for the melody.
If you have very soft fingers you might get string creases that will toughen over time; but it should not be particularly painful unless you are playing for long periods of time. Darcyhorse instruments seem to have a reputation for having high actions. The Nickel & Dime test we use is this:
Put a dime next to the first fret. Each string should just touch the coin.
Then balance a nickel on top of the 7th fret (not the 6+ fret); again the strings should just touch the coins.
Not sure which is the 6+ and which is the 7th fret? See my article called I Just Got A Dulcimer, Now What? under the Dulcimer Resources Topic.
Thanks Ken, good job!
Jean, your profile page is: http://fotmd.com/jean-ann-moon
Going there, I see you tried to add your event but you added it to your account settings- not the place to do that.
Your personal photo avatar should be showing on your profile page, not your event picture. And your 'bio box' is for describing a little about yourself when vistitors come to your profile page.
Change that picture in your account settings to something more personal for your own membership photo. Change your biop box to say something about youruself, not about your event.
Then in your same Profile Page there, do as Ken suggested- look for the TAB that says 'Events', and that's where you will add your event info and event picture, etc.
To get to your profile page easily in the future click right ON your name in the top bar links....rather than clicking in any of the other drop down menu options. Your name will take you to your profile page. In fact if you click on your name link anywhere here, in this thread too, it will take you to your profile page as well. To actually change your settings, you would choose the "account settings" from the drop down menu at top, UNDER your name.
Jean, I'll give it a try at explaining it to you.
1. Click on you name in the upper right hand corner of this page. Do not click on any of the drop down options.
2. When that page opens there should be a bar under your name with several different options. One of them is Events. I think it is the fourth one from the left.
3. Click on that tab and it will take you to a page called Events that will be blank.
4. On the right hand side there will be a plus (+) sign. Click on that to create your event to be added. I hope this helps you.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
If it's a small event with a single instructor or a club event, see the top links navbar and go to the Single Instructor Forum to post it.
If it's a larger gathering, festival, camp, with multiple performers and instructors, then you can list it in the regular site calendar.
You must add an event from your profile page- go there, and click on your Events TAB and look for the plus sign. Hope this helps. 
(Site calendar events will be pending until approved by admin)
Hi Lisa, it would be nice when you go to a forum, like Drifting Thread, that the newest posts come up first instead of the older ones. Down the road, I'm sure you are still up to your eyeballs.
If all of the dulcimers in the world were laid on the ground end-to-end it would be a very good thing.
I was 17 here, learning to fly with hopes of becoming a crop duster. I never became a duster pilot, which is probebly for the best.
Strummelia, that's me in about 1967. We were in a somewhat different place in our lives those days. 
All these pictures are great! Loved looking at them. I am about 10 in this one, warming up for a performance.
Lisa, I am impressed! Did you have turtle soup that night with you duck dinner? Did you dive in after them or were they cooperative.
Not to worry Dusty, It'll never get to that...I bet HD's would burn longer, too.
