GREENSBORO, N.C. — Here in the Piedmont the dulcimer is a common instrument, but the hammered dulcimer is a little different. It’s the one producing sweeter sounds, at least when one of Roy’s Folks ...
Hammered dulcimers and mountain dulcimers are both members of the zither family of stringed instruments, but they are quite different. The hammered dulcimer is a European-born ancestor of the piano, a ...
Four years ago, I had never heard of a dulcimer, which is a musical instrument. Now, it seems like everyone plays it, including me. Just recently, I was in the library and ran into a co-worker.