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John, I've owned two Keith Young dulcimers and both had a strong bass end. (I now own only one of those dulcimers-- a butternut-topped walnut teardrop.)The wormy chestnut top on your KYoung is quite good-looking. I'll have a listen to the tune on which you're playing it.
Thanks, Robin. The Keith Young is an old favourite of mine. It has a strong, firm sound with a good (but not overpowering) bass end. Quite a "rough-hewn" old timey sound, rather than anything approaching a guitar-like sound. On my sound files this is the one I am playing on "Quickstep in the Battle of Prague/Aye me, or The Symphony".The idea of having only the wormholes as soundholes was mine, and at my request Keith chose a piece of chestnut with more wormholes than he usually uses. With hindsight I think the volume might have been greater with orthodox soundholes (which might have provided better venting), but I take full responsibility for this as it was built as I requested! All the same, it's a great dulcimer.
They're beautiful! I'm curious as to how the KYoung sounds.
No, Roger - the 2 on the left are not McSpaddens: they are both made by my friend Arthur Robb, an American luthier who has lived in England for many years. The one on the left (alpine spruce and mahogany) is my favourite dulcimer. The Keith Young teardrop in the middle has the wormholes in the chestnut as its only soundholes.