A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City. A group of musicians are gathering in central Ohio this week to jam — but ...

Dulcimers may not be the musical equivalent of Big Foot, but to some people, they're a bit of a mystery. The Chattanooga Folk School wants to change that. Saturday, the school will host Dulcimer Day, ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

Wendy Grethen first touched the strings of a mountain dulcimer at a fair 27 years ago. She learned to play the Appalachian-region American folk instrument as a child in Illinois -- then stopped ...

The Free Online Dictionary writes that a dulcimer, also called the Appalachian dulcimer and the mountain dulcimer, is, “A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four ...

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

As a boy, Rick Scott was taken by his father to the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1954 to see the original production of Peter Pan, with Mary Martin in the lead role. Sitting first row in the ...

Bing Futch is a man of the people. The Florida-based performer is best known for his dynamic facility on the mountain dulcimer, an instrument with Appalachian origins. And, while Futch can pluck and ...

While I was wobbling round the highlands of West Virginia last week I spent some time looking for a small hammered dulcimer for my grandsons Felix (4) and Toby (6). I believe in starting them young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Indiana Folk Music Society's Big Band performs at the Eagle Creek Folk Festival in 1996. A longtime music festival is ready to ...