You are right Barbara. George Haggerty of Jacksonville, VT. ( Sweet-water Dulcimers) is my friend, neighbor and dulcimer building mentor and has been handcrafting some of the sweetest sounding dulcimers I have ever heard for 30+ years. His trademark design are his offset hearts and vines. As you mentioned he makes hourglass as well as teardrop dulcimers. The quality of his dulcimers are top notch!
p.s. George Haggerty, Sweet-Water Dulcimers, makes teardrop and hourglass shaped instruments, as well as student models.
Hi All - Sweet-Water Dulcimers are made by George Haggerty in Jacksonville VT. My husband and I both have one of his teardrops - George makes a beautiful, sweet-sounding instrument! Aubrey Atwater's primary dulcimer is one of George's. George worked for FolkCraft when they were in CT, and runs the Dulcimer Daze August Festival in West Dover, VT, now in its 26th year. Hope this helps.
James is right, Paula. Sweetwater markets Seagull guitars and the questionable Merlin "stick instrument". There have been a number of complaints about the Merlin concerning less than accurate fret placement and other playability issues.
Sweetwoods Instruments is Harpmaker Dave Lynch, a member here, who makes a wide variety of hourglass and teardrop dulcimers from his highly praised Student Model to his cherry and maple Performance model, as well as pretty much anything you can dream of as a custom dulcimer.
Paula, what you should be searching for is Sweet Woods dulcimers. Sweetwater is an online music store that carries guitars, amps, and a whole lot of other stuff. http://www.sweetwoodsinstruments.com/
Does anyone have an hourglass type dulcimer with a sweetwater label? I googled to find info but only found the strumstick style.
I thought that and Indiana group made them? I wondered about the quality and sound quality? Just wondered what you can tell me.
