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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This looks like a wonderful book, however it is way above my understanding. I am a new player. I guess I misunderstood the description.
I like these strings. After installation, I'll tune them maybe twice and they just stay tuned a long time.
Both volumes very helpful in learning new ties for me. Recommend for anyone seeking more tunes!!
Although I've played various instruments for 40 years, I'm new to dulcimers and one of those people who has to have a few of the same instrument. I've purchased a few dulcimers from private professionals, but I have to say that Folkcraft's is the best quality I've put my hands on so far. The fit, finish, overall beauty and sound is by far my favorite. I have a full walnut custom teardrop that was on their "ready to ship" list. I looked at it for weeks before deciding to spend a little more than I planned, but I'm so glad I did. I also do woodworking, so I bought their plans to build my own. I've discovered a new source to help satisfy my musical needs! Thank you Richard and team.
Beautiful Dulcimer, both in sound quality and build! Love it, thank you!
Thanks for the prompt service. Love the strings
I like these Folkcraft loop end strings. I think the BW bass string sounds better than the standard bass string.
The pieces I received were sized perfectly for an 1/8” slot. They were extra long and wide with plenty of latitude for any number of applications. I would buy them again.
Great parts
What an enjoyable book!. It is fun to have new songs to play and challenge my fingers! Thanks for the quick and helpful service.
I replaced the old worn tuners (Machine Heads) on my Mountain Dulcimer with the Folkcraft tuners. They work great.
These nuts are slotted that I can easily alternate between 3 & 4 string setups which is pretty rad. A Lap-Jo bridge slotted in that manner would be cool too.
These strings work amazingly well on the 4 string Lap-Jo because they have loop ends & actually the Roller wound strings have a smoother feel than the stainless steel wound strings plus the frets won't get scratched, but either way they still have that banjo twang due to that drumhead.
I just bought a baritone dulcimer. I decided this was a good book to get started. It is ADA tuning so can be played with others in DAD.
Well draw with all information needed to build your on ukulele. Highly recommended.
