Thank you all for this. I looked on both sites for the Stew-Mac kits and they were never mentioned. It's probably food to have this up somewhere so others can reference it. I like the David Lynch idea. Really appreciate you guys commenting, it's just amazing how quickly the info showed up! I hope I can help others out too as I get more into this.

You could also consider the "Sweet Song" kits from McSpadden. I've made several, and they all turned out very nicely.

stew/mac kits have been made by folkcraft for years. they are good kits

Cynthia, I took a look and read the instructions at the Stew-Mac website.

http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Supplies/Kits/Dulcimer/Dulcime...

It appears that Stew-Mac is reselling the Folkcraft Walnut Kits since the instrucktions are labeled Folkcraft. The Ratings and Reviews on the Stew-Mac are mixed (overall 3.5 out of 5).

If I were going to have someone build a kit for me, I would have him look at both the Stew-Mac and Folkcraft sites to make a final decision. Here is the Folkcraft link.

http://www.folkcraft.com/appalachian-dulcimer-kits.html

If you are looking for your first dulcimer, I would recommend a student dulcimer from our member, David Lynch.

http://www.strothers.com/sweetwoodsinstruments.com/index.html

This is only my humble opinion and I hope that others will chime in. Welcome to FOTMD, Cynthia and enjoy the journey in the wonderfull world of the mountain dulcimer.

Dan

Someone has offered to build me one of these who has built beautiful guitars before but wants experience building a dulcimer from a kit. He said that if I bought the kit he would build it, but I can't find anyone who knows anything about this kit. If he is willing to build a decent dulcimer for me, I'd like to get a great kit that he could feel good about too, good instructions, quality materials etc. So, does anyone anywhere have any experience with this particular kit? Thank you for reading this.

updated by @cynthia-wigington: 06/11/15 07:41:58AM