Dulcimers may not be the musical equivalent of Big Foot, but to some people, they're a bit of a mystery. The Chattanooga Folk School wants to change that. Saturday, the school will host Dulcimer Day, ...

As a boy, Rick Scott was taken by his father to the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1954 to see the original production of Peter Pan, with Mary Martin in the lead role. Sitting first row in the ...

TRENTON, OH — For Vickey Sasser, every dulcimer tells the story of Appalachia and America. The mountain dulcimer, a string instrument popular in American folk music, first appeared in America in the ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City. A group of musicians are gathering in central Ohio this week to jam — but ...

Bing Futch is a man of the people. The Florida-based performer is best known for his dynamic facility on the mountain dulcimer, an instrument with Appalachian origins. And, while Futch can pluck and ...

While I was wobbling round the highlands of West Virginia last week I spent some time looking for a small hammered dulcimer for my grandsons Felix (4) and Toby (6). I believe in starting them young ...

Musicians with other instruments, including guitar, mandolin, fiddle and cello, join in with dulcimer players at a meeting of the Springfield Dulcimer Club. CONTRIBUTED Musicians with other ...

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 ...