( (NATS/Music playing)) ( (Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) The Pickin’ Porch is something that we've had at our shop for a long time, for twenty years.

_____. A Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1983. Prepared by the Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment in cooperation with Public ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music ...

The Appalachian Music Festival will be a free, all-day event Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Guntersville Recreation Center. For more information, call Jean Ann Moon at 256-571-7734.

Hosted by the Southern Appalachian Dulcimer Association, the festival will have live music, food, vendors and lessons in playing the traditional instrument.

Dulcimer players and fans will gather at Pine Mountain State Resort Park later this month for a music festival dedicated to the instrument.

Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the Appalachian dulcimer. Because a precise grip isn’t necessary, even people with arthritis in their hands can play.

Aug. 16—FAIRMONT — For generations, the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, the region's iconic musical instrument, has been producing high, lonesome sounds and rollicking rhythms just this side of ...

Smith, L. Allen. "Toward a Reconstruction of the Development of the Appalachian Dulcimer." Journal of American Folklife 93 (1980). Wilfried Ulrich, The Story of the Hummel, Cloppenburg, 2011 _____. A ...