I'll second John's post. The FolkRoots kit will make a very nice dulcimer.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

You have an excellent quality dulcimer kit. Congratulations!  It should turn out wonderfully when assembled with care.

Also, you can join the builders' group here on FOTMD and get lots of help from our members who build a lot of dulcimers:
https://fotmd.com/strumelia/group/11/dulcimer-making   They are always happy to help out with advice.

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That's great to know. Thank you

FolkRoots dulcimers are well known.  It was an off-shoot of Michael and Howard Rugg's Capritaurus Dulcimers in Felton, CA.  At some point (but later than the 70s, I believe), they sold FolkRoots to Folkcraft, which continues to make a line of dulcimers under that name.

The good news for you is that Howard Rugg is making dulcimers again and is a member of FOTMD!  So if you have any questions, you should go directly to him.

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I just acquired a dulcimer kit from the 70's it was sold by a company called Folk Roots. I know nothing about dulcimers and before I go tearing into it, I wanted to make sure I wasn't making a mistake (devaluing the instrument/would be instrument) because of it's age and being in original condition. It appears to be walnut sides and back and a spruce top.

Thoughts?