Such decisions. Definitely want a traditional instrument for noter drone playing.

Richard, I don't think you can go wrong with either Dan's or John's. You just might end up with both, lol 

Thanks, Patty. Beautifully done and beautiful voice of the dulcimer.

Richard, I just linked to my Old Joe Clark video. I am playing one of Dan's traditional dulcimores.

Thanks all. I did not realize sound and video clips were so easy to find. I had never even thought to look.

Richard, David Bennett has posted videos of himself playing his walnut Thomas replica on his page here ("Down in the Valley", "Holy Manna", "Send the Light") , and Robin Clark posted a couple with his poplar Thomas replica on his page, including "Coleman's March".  Robin also did some soundtracks with it ("Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss", etc.)

There are several examples of both in the video and audio pages.

Anyone have a sound clip playing a Dulcimore Dan or John Knopf traditional instrument?