Folkcraft Shop Blog
Mango Dulcimer Demo
I hope you've all had a great week. I was thinking about each and every one of you while I slaved away in our workshop, setting up dulcimers for you....
Mango Dulcimer Demo
I hope you've all had a great week. I was thinking about each and every one of you while I slaved away in our workshop, setting up dulcimers for you....
We're Getting Our Steps In
We've been busy this week - making pieces of dulcimers, parts of dulcimers, and then putting the pieces, and the parts, together. Assembling, sanding, lacquering, then setting up with strings...
We're Getting Our Steps In
We've been busy this week - making pieces of dulcimers, parts of dulcimers, and then putting the pieces, and the parts, together. Assembling, sanding, lacquering, then setting up with strings...
Give Us A Call, Amanda...
Let's talk about dulcimer music, specifically "popular" music. And not just the very broad genre of pop music, but a certain, specific artist by the name of Joni Mitchell. Joni...
Give Us A Call, Amanda...
Let's talk about dulcimer music, specifically "popular" music. And not just the very broad genre of pop music, but a certain, specific artist by the name of Joni Mitchell. Joni...
Love You Like A Mango
It was nice to be away from the shop - on a big boat, with a bunch of dulcimer friends. But it is sure nice to be back at Folkcraft,...
Love You Like A Mango
It was nice to be away from the shop - on a big boat, with a bunch of dulcimer friends. But it is sure nice to be back at Folkcraft,...
Castaway Music Cruise - Part Two
We (me, my wife Aly, and my father, Jim) are back from the Castaway Music Cruise. Aly is back at her nursing job, and Dad and I are back in...
Castaway Music Cruise - Part Two
We (me, my wife Aly, and my father, Jim) are back from the Castaway Music Cruise. Aly is back at her nursing job, and Dad and I are back in...
Postcards From The Castaway Music Cruise
This will be a "different" newsletter. Casey and Cheyenne are back at the shop, making things, but I'm not there to witness the action. They're both fine craftsmen, though, and...
Postcards From The Castaway Music Cruise
This will be a "different" newsletter. Casey and Cheyenne are back at the shop, making things, but I'm not there to witness the action. They're both fine craftsmen, though, and...
Wood Welders And Other Cool Tools
Happy Friday! This has been a pretty normal, chaotic, week in the shop. Several instruments out the door (this always makes people happy!), a few more for the showroom, and...
Wood Welders And Other Cool Tools
Happy Friday! This has been a pretty normal, chaotic, week in the shop. Several instruments out the door (this always makes people happy!), a few more for the showroom, and...
East Bound And Down
Happy Friday, and thank you for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! This has been another one of "those" weeks in our wood shop. Snow and ice gave us some days...
East Bound And Down
Happy Friday, and thank you for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! This has been another one of "those" weeks in our wood shop. Snow and ice gave us some days...
Lots Of New Instruments In Stock
We've been busy in the shop this week, assembling dulcimers from all the parts I've been making over the past several weeks. Some of the dulcimers we've been working on...
Lots Of New Instruments In Stock
We've been busy in the shop this week, assembling dulcimers from all the parts I've been making over the past several weeks. Some of the dulcimers we've been working on...
We've Been Making Dulcimer Straps This Week
Guess what we've been making this week? (in addition to the usual dulcimers, of course!) Dulcimer straps. In the spirit of vertical integration, to at least a modest degree, we...
We've Been Making Dulcimer Straps This Week
Guess what we've been making this week? (in addition to the usual dulcimers, of course!) Dulcimer straps. In the spirit of vertical integration, to at least a modest degree, we...
Registration Is Open For Our 2025 Second Saturd...
We're plugging away in the shop this week. We've been making dulcimer parts (more heads and backs than anything else, it seems like), assembling instruments, and also lacquering instruments. How...
Registration Is Open For Our 2025 Second Saturd...
We're plugging away in the shop this week. We've been making dulcimer parts (more heads and backs than anything else, it seems like), assembling instruments, and also lacquering instruments. How...
Adventures In Side Bending
We're in the middle of January now, and the frosty winds of Northern Indiana are keeping us all chilly. It was 2 degrees (Fahrenheit) this morning, which isn't a whole...
Adventures In Side Bending
We're in the middle of January now, and the frosty winds of Northern Indiana are keeping us all chilly. It was 2 degrees (Fahrenheit) this morning, which isn't a whole...
We're Off To A Banner Start
I don't get to say that very often. Approximately once a year... This week begins my nineteenth year of dulcimer building. It was on January 5, 2007, that I purchased...
We're Off To A Banner Start
I don't get to say that very often. Approximately once a year... This week begins my nineteenth year of dulcimer building. It was on January 5, 2007, that I purchased...
Fretboard Failure Fiasco
We've been working on making fretboards this week, and had a disaster! I'll start from the beginning, though... When we make fretboards (absolutely the most important, but also the fussiest...
Fretboard Failure Fiasco
We've been working on making fretboards this week, and had a disaster! I'll start from the beginning, though... When we make fretboards (absolutely the most important, but also the fussiest...
Churning Out Dulcimers Faster Than Santa's Elves
We're less than two weeks away from Christmas, and our shop is busy making last-minute instruments and sending them out the door. Almost like Santa's elves are churning out dulcimers,...
Churning Out Dulcimers Faster Than Santa's Elves
We're less than two weeks away from Christmas, and our shop is busy making last-minute instruments and sending them out the door. Almost like Santa's elves are churning out dulcimers,...
Help Us Solve The Lichen Log Mystery
While enjoying a walk in the (frigid!) Indiana woods last weekend, I came across a log that had fallen across the path. The trail maintainer had used a chainsaw and...
Help Us Solve The Lichen Log Mystery
While enjoying a walk in the (frigid!) Indiana woods last weekend, I came across a log that had fallen across the path. The trail maintainer had used a chainsaw and...
Let's Go Lumber Shopping
Just A Reminder We won't be open Thursday or Friday of next week - no newsletter next week, either. Our staff is taking off both days for the Thanksgiving holiday....
Let's Go Lumber Shopping
Just A Reminder We won't be open Thursday or Friday of next week - no newsletter next week, either. Our staff is taking off both days for the Thanksgiving holiday....
Pecan & Purpleheart Make Great-Looking Dulcimers
I say that every week, and while it might sound like "Oh yay, I don't have to work for two whole days," nothing could be further from the truth. My...
Pecan & Purpleheart Make Great-Looking Dulcimers
I say that every week, and while it might sound like "Oh yay, I don't have to work for two whole days," nothing could be further from the truth. My...
Folkcraft Crew To Get Time Off For Good (Produc...
We've been busy in the shop this week, and had plenty of visitors in our showroom, too. And we received (Thank you, UPS!) enough repair work to keep us busy...
Folkcraft Crew To Get Time Off For Good (Produc...
We've been busy in the shop this week, and had plenty of visitors in our showroom, too. And we received (Thank you, UPS!) enough repair work to keep us busy...
Richard Goes To Town: Galax-Style
This has been a great week for "finishing" instruments that have been in the works for the past few months. A lot of neat instruments have come off of our...
Richard Goes To Town: Galax-Style
This has been a great week for "finishing" instruments that have been in the works for the past few months. A lot of neat instruments have come off of our...
Making Magic Happen With Creativity & Epoxy
This is the last newsletter of October, 2024. And at this point, you've missed the chance to order custom-built dulcimers for Christmas gifts, or even for Valentine's Day. But, St....
Making Magic Happen With Creativity & Epoxy
This is the last newsletter of October, 2024. And at this point, you've missed the chance to order custom-built dulcimers for Christmas gifts, or even for Valentine's Day. But, St....
A Dulcimer Builder Takes A Walk In The Woods
It's been utterly gorgeous weather here in Woodburn, yet we've all been staying busy inside our windowless workshop, focused on dulcimer-making activities. But all that busy work doesn't mean we...
A Dulcimer Builder Takes A Walk In The Woods
It's been utterly gorgeous weather here in Woodburn, yet we've all been staying busy inside our windowless workshop, focused on dulcimer-making activities. But all that busy work doesn't mean we...
An Old Dulcimer Gets A New Fretboard
All kinds of happenings in the shop this week, as usual! Customer's Dulcimer Gets A New Fretboard Casey finished a "This fretboard is too long for me. Can you turn...
An Old Dulcimer Gets A New Fretboard
All kinds of happenings in the shop this week, as usual! Customer's Dulcimer Gets A New Fretboard Casey finished a "This fretboard is too long for me. Can you turn...
An Abundance Of Harmonics & Man-Glitter
We're getting into fall weather here in Indiana. The leaves have started to change, and it is (finally!) starting to get chilly at night. But the temperature (and humidity) are...
An Abundance Of Harmonics & Man-Glitter
We're getting into fall weather here in Indiana. The leaves have started to change, and it is (finally!) starting to get chilly at night. But the temperature (and humidity) are...