Folkcraft Instruments has been crafting handmade mountain dulcimers since 1968. We've been providing the best dulcimers, plus the dulcimer cases, tab books, dulcimer string sets, and everything else a mountain dulcimer player needs. We even provide dulcimer parts - machine heads and wood parts - for builders of all skill levels. We're happy to build a custom mountain dulcimer for you, make you a custom instrument case, or make you a custom string set. All of our dulcimers are handmade in the USA.
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Folkcraft customers speak out!
Excellent craftmanship and quality! Beautiful sound much more than I expected! Well worth waiting for, was built exactly as wanted it to be. Can't praise it enough.
I have found the position dots from Folkcraft have always been top line dots. They are consistent in size and quality.
I like the strap a lot. it is convenient to use.
I am learning how to cut and shape nuts and saddles in my engineering maintenance course. So I purchased some and tried it out and it works fine. So I showed my neighbor how to cut and shape a nut for his kit ukulele. He did a great job for knowing nothing. He was just a little hesitant in sawing and sanding. But this material is so inexpensive that you can afford to make your own.
There is a relationship between total air hole area and body cavity volume. My 4 1-1/2” sound hole area is too large. So I am attempting to reduce the sound hole area through the use of rosettes. This should shift the tone more to the bass notes. Plus, they are just mighty attractive. So this was a trial to see if I could cut and glue the rosettes in place.
My main instrument is classical guitar and I have recently picked up dulcimer. I am right at home with these thoughtful soothing arrangements.
The kit is excellent , all the parts fit well. It was a joy to build it yourself . Now I just have to learn to play it . Thank you Folkcraft for a fine product . D Kitson
Waltzes are well suited to the dulcimer and these are beautiful engaging arrangements with a good balance of chord and finger picking.
Nice variety of songs….some familiar, and some new challenges as well with interesting playable arrangements.
Works great for my hourglass shaped Mount dulcimer. Keeps it from doing the slide away.
Built three dulcimers using Folkcraft products...they all turned out great thanks to their quality products!
I really like this, lots of songs and it comes with 2 CD's so you can hear the songs and play along. Helpful when I'm not familiar with the tune. We use this book at the dulcimer group jams.
Real pleased with the installation ease and the quality of the tuners! Very Happy that they work smoothly. The spare screw didnt get used but I appreciated the thought since my workshop floor has spaces in the floor boards!
Great Dulcimer Music Book. Perfect opportunity to learn and advance skills.
I’ve never had a strap on my dulcimer until now. Game changer! I love the adjustability of this strap.
