Your Answers: Where You Keep Your Instruments

Name: Jack R
Location: Tallahassee FL
"At home I have two cabinets I built especially for my dulcimers, all pretty with antique glass. At work, I have one dulcimer that moves around the room from corner to corner so it's always handy when I have a moment. Both forms of storage seem to promote good health to my instruments."

Name: Chuck L.
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
"I keep them in their cases so I can better control temperature and humidity, as well as protect them from damage."

Name: Peggy M
Location: Park Ridge, Il
"I have a mountain dulcimer hanging on the wall, hammer dulcimer in the
corner underneath, ukuleles on stands throughout my condo;three by my
piano, one by my desk, one in my study and some (won't say how many) in a
closet. Oh almost forgot, a Celtic harp under the piano."

Name: Jon L
Location: Charlottesville VA
"They hang on the wall of my music room."

Name: Peggy M
Location: Park Ridge, Il
"I have a mountain dulcimer hanging on the wall, hammer dulcimer in the corner underneath, ukuleles on stands throughout my condo;three by my piano, one by my dest, one in my study and some (won t say how many) in a closet. Oh almost forgot, a Celtic harp under the piano."

Name: Malcolm R.
Location: Tuckerton NJ
"I keep them in cases but at least one if not two everyday"

Name: Yvonne M
Location: Eldridge, ND
"I have 3 dulcimer stands and my 4th dulcimer hangs on the wall. They're much too pretty to hide inside the cases:-)"

Name: Jerry N.
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
"My ukulele and my guitar are on stands next to the sofa within easy reach while I'm awake and close at hand. At night and other times when I'm not going to play for a while, they're in their cases - safe and sound. In cold weather months, the ukuleles in their cases are in the near upright position to properly accommodate the Oasis humidification system."

Name: Janet D.
Location: Ashland, KY
"My dulcimer sits on a stand in my living room, where it is easy to pick up and practice a little when I get a few minutes through the day. This gives me extra practice aside from my morning practice time."

Name: Bob H
Location: Stacy
"With the number of instruments (dulcimer, guitar, fiddle and bowed psaltery) I have some are hung, some are comfortably in their cases, some are on their music stand and some are hanging safely-I hope-on a wall hanger."

Name: Bob H
Location: Stacy Mn
"All of the above!"

Name: Cal and Ed
Location: KY
"We have a couple hanging on the sides of two bookshelves and one sitting on a stand. One cardboard dulcimer hangs on the wall. We are only an arm's reach from being able to play a dulcimer in most rooms of our house."

Name: Faye P.
Location: Lexington, KY
"My instruments go back in their cases when I finish playing them. They keep in better tune that way and I don't need to retune every time I play."

Name: Twins at Play - Kelly and Cindy
Location: Plymouth, IN
"My hammered dulcimer sets out on its stand all the time. I make regular time for practice, but I also find little snippets of time to practice or play every day. Even 5-10 minutes of practicing a difficult passage makes a world of difference. I treat the dulcimer just like I do my piano - it is a piece of furniture that makes lovely music and it looks lovely setting out on its stand. So there it stays."