1. Introduction -- 2. Forerunners -- 3. The dulcimer's origins -- 4. The santur -- 5. The hackbrett -- 6. The Cimbalom family -- 7. The pantaleon -- 8. The salerio -- 9. The French psalterion and ...

Boone, Hubert. "De Hommel in de Lage Landen." Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments Bulletin 5 (1975): 9-153. Bryan, Charles Faulkner. "The Hammered Dulcimer." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 18 ...

A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City.

"Hammer Dulcimer History and Playing," posted by the Smithsonian Institution, cites: "The ancient origins of the dulcimer are undoubtedly in the Near East, where instruments of this type have been ...

National hammered dulcimer champion Dan Duggan put on a series of performances in schools throughout the area in April 1986.

Ninety-two-year-old Irene Radcliffe wasn't quite sure what she was looking at when she brought down a heavy wooden box from her attic. But she knew it was something special. Also a little puzzled was ...

Bev Cheney and Jimi Johnson stumbled into one another about 10 years ago as they were each picking up a new hobby. The two strangers from Florence and Huntsville had signed up for a class to learn to ...

Kathleen Morrissey of the West Plains Council on the Arts and Cleo Cockrum of the Harlin Museum recently attended a statewide dulcimer workshop held April 10–11 at the Governor’s Office Building in ...