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A newbie seeking guidance on dulcimer finishing
Can anyone provide me with some advise on finishing. I am presently building a Folkcraft Mountain Dulcimer fram a kit. I am pleasantly pleased with...
@MikeQuilliams started 6 days ago - replies: 1
Die Schwedische Hummel
A while back a friend shared a pdf of this monograph. In 1952 Stig Wallin wrote and published this under the auspices of the Nordic Museum in...
@Ken Longfield started 2 weeks ago - replies: 2
My Dear Companion
Hello- I'm a dulcimer player out in real rural Nebraska, meaning there aren't a lot of others to ask- but I'd kind of like to find tabs for Jean...
@Rob Williams started one month ago - replies: 5
I got to rock a regional Folk Alliance conference
Because FOTMD is a special community, I'll give you the long version of this story. I have a personal mission to spread dulcimer music to the...
@Sam Edelston started 2 months ago - replies: 4
Dulcimers at Carnegie Hall
Last Sunday, January 18, 2026, a group of us performed on (mostly) mountain dulcimers at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This was part of the...
@Sam Edelston started 3 months ago - replies: 4
The Story of the Hummel
Wilfried Ulrich's book, The Story of The Hummel , is available again in the United States. It can be purchased through this website:...
@Ken Longfield started 3 months ago - replies: 0
The Story of the Hummel
Anyone interested in the history of the Appalachian (mountain) dulcimer should have a copy of The Story of the Hummel by Wilfried Ulrich. The...
@Ken Longfield started 3 months ago - replies: 0
Help with tuning?
I am having a devil of a time tuning my new Dulcimer. It’s a McSpadden Ginger model, D-A-dd. I have an ordered an Snark electronic tuner . for...
@Sylvia started 3 months ago - replies: 23
CHROMATIC DULCIMER
Do I have to get a special dulcimer to play chromatic?
@Ann Andrews started 3 months ago - replies: 6
The Praetorius Scheitholt
In 1619 Michael Praetorius published the second volume of Syntagma Musicum . In it tried to list all of the instruments known in his world. He...
@Ken Longfield started 4 months ago - replies: 3