Folkcraft Shop Blog
Pam Parks, Folkcraft Sewer
Having a dulcimer shop isn't all fun and games, making instruments all day long. There's a lot of back-end work that goes into making the process mostly seamless for our...
Pam Parks, Folkcraft Sewer
Having a dulcimer shop isn't all fun and games, making instruments all day long. There's a lot of back-end work that goes into making the process mostly seamless for our...
Folkcraft YouTube Channel
Did y'all know that Folkcraft has a YouTube channel? 209,714 views (as of yesterday afternoon), 4,000 (ish) videos, and over 2,000 subscribers? It is really neat how many non-dulcimer people...
Folkcraft YouTube Channel
Did y'all know that Folkcraft has a YouTube channel? 209,714 views (as of yesterday afternoon), 4,000 (ish) videos, and over 2,000 subscribers? It is really neat how many non-dulcimer people...
2012 Dulcimer Tour To Dunedin, Florida
As we're finally getting going on the summer (dulcimer) festival season, I took a moment to look back through my photo archives. Here's a photo from February of 2012, just...
2012 Dulcimer Tour To Dunedin, Florida
As we're finally getting going on the summer (dulcimer) festival season, I took a moment to look back through my photo archives. Here's a photo from February of 2012, just...
Ebony Lumber
Each time I cut open a piece of ebony (the black-colored lumber I'm holding in this photo) I keep thinking I'll find gold nuggets. Or maybe platinum chunks. The piece...
Ebony Lumber
Each time I cut open a piece of ebony (the black-colored lumber I'm holding in this photo) I keep thinking I'll find gold nuggets. Or maybe platinum chunks. The piece...
New Endorsing Artist Carol Walker
I have some "bookkeeping" kinds of things to toss out in this week's newsletter. No fun stories this week. Sorry! First up: Our Folkcraft Players feature is SO popular. I...
New Endorsing Artist Carol Walker
I have some "bookkeeping" kinds of things to toss out in this week's newsletter. No fun stories this week. Sorry! First up: Our Folkcraft Players feature is SO popular. I...
Bert, Bing, And Ernie At The Summer NAMM Show
What a week this has been. Festival season has returned - with a vengeance! We've had tons of visitors to the showroom, our Tuesday night dulcimer club had it's best...
Bert, Bing, And Ernie At The Summer NAMM Show
What a week this has been. Festival season has returned - with a vengeance! We've had tons of visitors to the showroom, our Tuesday night dulcimer club had it's best...
Second Saturday Clinics Return!
Y'all know that I'm huge fan of music education. That's what I studied in college, and teaching music was my primary job in the years before I bought Folkcraft in...
Second Saturday Clinics Return!
Y'all know that I'm huge fan of music education. That's what I studied in college, and teaching music was my primary job in the years before I bought Folkcraft in...
Design Your Own Folkcraft Dulcimer
It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the new year. And here we are mid-April, celebrating Burt Gummer Day (tomorrow, as I write this, and yesterday, as you read...
Design Your Own Folkcraft Dulcimer
It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the new year. And here we are mid-April, celebrating Burt Gummer Day (tomorrow, as I write this, and yesterday, as you read...
Dulcimer At Work And At Play
It takes a lot of work to make a dulcimer. There are three of us making instruments, and while all three of us can to most any of the work,...
Dulcimer At Work And At Play
It takes a lot of work to make a dulcimer. There are three of us making instruments, and while all three of us can to most any of the work,...
The History Of Sound Holes
People ask me all the time about sound holes. There's a long history of sound holes in stringed instruments - from the earliest gourd/gut instruments, to Stradivarius's violins, to your...
The History Of Sound Holes
People ask me all the time about sound holes. There's a long history of sound holes in stringed instruments - from the earliest gourd/gut instruments, to Stradivarius's violins, to your...
Custom Sound Holes For Your Next Dulcimer
Custom Sound Holes Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends, Folkcraft is sometimes dismissed as a "factory" and that's about as far from the truth as your home kitchen being a "factory." There...
Custom Sound Holes For Your Next Dulcimer
Custom Sound Holes Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends, Folkcraft is sometimes dismissed as a "factory" and that's about as far from the truth as your home kitchen being a "factory." There...
Tone Woods For A Dulcimer
Tone Woods For Your Dulcimer Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! As we approach the end of 2021, here at Folkcraft , we've been laying in a great supply of some awesome-looking...
Tone Woods For A Dulcimer
Tone Woods For Your Dulcimer Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! As we approach the end of 2021, here at Folkcraft , we've been laying in a great supply of some awesome-looking...
How Often To Change Dulcimer Strings
How often to change your dulcimer strings. Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Let's talk about strings. Dulcimer strings. Changing your dulcimer strings regularly helps keep your instrument sounding and looking its...
How Often To Change Dulcimer Strings
How often to change your dulcimer strings. Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Let's talk about strings. Dulcimer strings. Changing your dulcimer strings regularly helps keep your instrument sounding and looking its...
New Builder In The Shop
New Dulcimer Builder In The Shop Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Folkcraft rarely has staff openings. But - we just hired a new person to work in our shop! Our newest...
New Builder In The Shop
New Dulcimer Builder In The Shop Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Folkcraft rarely has staff openings. But - we just hired a new person to work in our shop! Our newest...
Cedar Spectacular
Cedar Spectacular Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! This week we're shining our spotlight on Eastern red cedar. Do you know how many different items can be made out of Eastern red...
Cedar Spectacular
Cedar Spectacular Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! This week we're shining our spotlight on Eastern red cedar. Do you know how many different items can be made out of Eastern red...
Grateful
Grateful Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Tis the season for Thanksgiving! There are certainly a lot of things I'm thankful for this year. How great it is to be part of...
Grateful
Grateful Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! Tis the season for Thanksgiving! There are certainly a lot of things I'm thankful for this year. How great it is to be part of...
Making LAP-JOs
Making LAP-JOs Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! We're back in the shop this week, making dulcimers, and finishing off the setups on the instruments we built last week. Our main focus...
Making LAP-JOs
Making LAP-JOs Happy Friday, Folkcraft Friends! We're back in the shop this week, making dulcimers, and finishing off the setups on the instruments we built last week. Our main focus...
Unpacking BMMF Carts
Unpacking BMMF Carts Happy Friday, Folkcraft people! What a week it's been - Hayley and I spent last Friday unpacking from last week's Black Mountain Music Fest - our display...
Unpacking BMMF Carts
Unpacking BMMF Carts Happy Friday, Folkcraft people! What a week it's been - Hayley and I spent last Friday unpacking from last week's Black Mountain Music Fest - our display...
Black Mountain Music Fest done, back to the woo...
I hope you've had a good week, and that you are able to include some dulcimer time in your weekend! We're finally back from this week's dulcimer festival - our...
Black Mountain Music Fest done, back to the woo...
I hope you've had a good week, and that you are able to include some dulcimer time in your weekend! We're finally back from this week's dulcimer festival - our...
Fun In The Shop
Fun In The Shop Good morning, Folkcraft people! This has been a chaotic/productive week in the shop the past 10 days or so. Dad and I have been building instruments,...
Fun In The Shop
Fun In The Shop Good morning, Folkcraft people! This has been a chaotic/productive week in the shop the past 10 days or so. Dad and I have been building instruments,...
Dulcimers flowing out of the shop door!
Lots of instruments went out this week, and I'm nearly caught up on past-due dulcimer orders. Well, not caught up, but getting closer at least. Here's a dulcimer that I'm...
Dulcimers flowing out of the shop door!
Lots of instruments went out this week, and I'm nearly caught up on past-due dulcimer orders. Well, not caught up, but getting closer at least. Here's a dulcimer that I'm...
This has been a GREAT week!
A lot has happened in the shop this past week - we got a huge load of utterly beautiful walnut in on Tuesday - here's a photo of one of...
This has been a GREAT week!
A lot has happened in the shop this past week - we got a huge load of utterly beautiful walnut in on Tuesday - here's a photo of one of...
Featured video, photo/bio, fun stuff at Folkcraft
Here's the latest newsletter - have fun with this one! We had a huge response to the Folkcraft players segment of last week's newsletter. This is an ongoing project, so...
Featured video, photo/bio, fun stuff at Folkcraft
Here's the latest newsletter - have fun with this one! We had a huge response to the Folkcraft players segment of last week's newsletter. This is an ongoing project, so...
Lots of fun things happening at Folkcraft!
Here's the latest newsletter - I hope you enjoy reading it. There are lots of fun things happening at the Folkcraft shop, and I'll try to share a few of...
Lots of fun things happening at Folkcraft!
Here's the latest newsletter - I hope you enjoy reading it. There are lots of fun things happening at the Folkcraft shop, and I'll try to share a few of...