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 ...

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.

_____. 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 ...

Mary Dailey teaches a second-grade class at Ronceverte Elementary School about Appalachian culture through music, using a dulcimer and a bodhran.

The three-day celebration of dulcimer music - both hammered dulcimer and the fretted Appalachian dulcimer - kicks off at 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, with "Dulcimers in Concert: A Jubilant ...

Anyone interested in dulcimer or mandolin music, or who would like to join in Rasmussen's at-home jam sessions, can call for information at (218) 834-3918.

The Appalachian dulcimer was invented in the early to mid-1800s and comes in a variety of shapes such as hour glass, teardrop, and rectangular. Bill Chalupnik made his own teardrop-shaped dulcimer.

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 ...