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Folkcraft® Mountain Dulcimer String Set, Ball Ends (.012" .015" .024"RW)

Item Number 9020271

Regular price $12.00

This set of Folkcraft brand dulcimer strings (mountain dulcimer string set) will keep your instrument sounding great. These ball end strings come in a set of three with the following gauges: .012, .015, .024RW.

Strings in this set:
Melody string: .012
Middle string: .015
Bass string: .024RW

The "RW" stands for Roller-Wound. The roller wound strings have a steel core, with a brass winding. The brass winding has been flattened with rollers, creating a warm sound with very little string squeak.

If you play your dulcimer set up with three strings (instead of four), then we're recommending these gauges - the balance across the strings is better for three-string players. (Some people take off the extra melody string of a four-string dulcimer string set, and play with 011, .013, and .024RW, but the slightly heavier gauges of our optimized three-string set are better for most players and most instruments.)

This mountain dulcimer string set is the same set of strings that we use on the instruments we make in the Folkcraft wood shop.

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Richard Folkerth
Walnut fret board

The original walnut fret board that was shipped had two small imperfections one in the nut cut and another on an edge. Folkcraft sent a free replacement the same day that I notified them. The new piece looks great. Thanks

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Barbara Stitcher

Folkcraft® Mountain Dulcimer String Set, Ball Ends (.012" .015" .024"RW)

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Bill Hunicke
Ball end RW dulcimer string set

I like the way these strings sound and these strings are easy to play. They make this dulcimer sound good. Thanks.

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Maureen Conroy
The dulcimers were a hit!

I ordered the dulcimers as part of our study of Appalachia; making them was a selling point. My students, grades 6,7 and 8, assembled them (we did get the prepared fret boards) and had a great time learning to play them.

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Guy Young
Trusted supplier

I have not finished the build these strings are going to used on. I do know that Folkcraft has always been a reliable provider of the quality materials I expect.