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 ...

Lunchtime entertainment outside Michigan's Capitol building Tuesday featured members of the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society, based in Garden City. Dale G. Young, The Detroit News Dale G. Young, The ...

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 ...

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. Strangely ...

Staff photo by Doug Strickland Musician Dan Landrum plays the hammer dulcimer on a rock in Suck Creek on Friday, June 12, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The hammer dulcimer is a precursor instrument to ...

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 ...

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Rochester is hosting a concert by a local mountain dulcimer group, the River Strings of St. Clair County. The 7 p.m. Friday, May 30 concert will ...

"The dulcimer," he said, "had just about died out." But it didn t, and for proof, you need only visit the Midland County Fairgrounds this weekend. Fifty years ago, says John Skayrd of Saginaw, "there ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series profiling local bands. If you would like your band to be featured or know of a band to feature, email contact information to sturner@ aikenstandard.com. If ...