k828a

Thanks for the photos. The lack of a label inside the dulcimer makes me think it was made by someone for his/her own use. The tilted tuning pegs indicate to me that whoever made it did not have the skill necessary to drill the holes perpendicular to the sides of the peg box. It appears that part of the edge is broken off of the back of the dulcimer. The tuning pegs are typical of instruments made in the late 1960s through the late 1970s or early 1980s. I have not seen another dulcimer with H inscribed in the fret board.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

I don't recall seeing any in the past with the carved H. It has no 6.5 fret and fiddle edges so maybe it is older but I would not have any idea about how old it may be.

Hello and thank you for the welcome! I cannot see any maker's mark inside the sound holes, but there is a carved "H", as shown in the photos. Thank you for any help that you can give with identifying the maker.

Glad to have you join the forum k828a. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Kenl has given great advice on the dulcimer donated to your thrift store. Let us know if you have additional questions. You may want to start a new conversation about your dulcimer. More folks will tend to see it that way.

Welcome to FOTMD, K828a. It's good to have you aboard. Post photos of the donated dulcimers. Make them as detailed as possible. Look in the sound holes and see if you can find the name of the maker. We will try to help in any way we can. If there is no name of the maker inside the instrument we may be able to give a guess from the photos. Also, you may have to decrease the size of the photos to post them here. There are many ways to do this depending upon your computer's operating system.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."