The mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple-looking instrument. Only about three feet long from tip to tip, with three strings and a neck full of frets, almost like a cross between a violin and ...

Singin’ Strings dulcimer group: Singin’ Strings is a group of dulcimer players meeting to work on their skills and share music. All levels of dulcimer players are welcome to join in. The group ...

Members of the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society filled the springtime air with the sweet sounds of a chorus of hammered dulcimers in front of Michigan’s Capitol on Tuesday. The society, based in Garden ...

The string instrument sounds like the child of a harp and guitar and seems to help listeners travel back to medieval times. Back in 1700s to mid-1800s, the dulcimer allowed young lovers to play duets ...

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 ...

Jon Potrykus and Friends are set to play June 24 during Tuesday in the Park. PINCONNING, MI — The Pinconning and Linwood Area Chamber of Commerce kicks off its summer concert series at 7 p.m. today in ...

The community has been known as the homeplace of the mountain dulcimer ever since a revered maker, James Edward Thomas, known as Uncle Ed, pushed a cartload of angelic-sounding dulcimers up and down ...