Both self taught, their earliest memories of performing include Lorraine playing autoharp, then banjo, then mandolin and, at 17, "I finally saw a dulcimer and I knew I had to have it.

She took up the Appalachian dulcimer because Richard Farina and Joni Mitchell played it. Then she picked up the banjo — and put it down again. “Around 1974, an old high school buddy of mine ...

Bibliography on American Folk Instruments . Overall view of a fancy banjo, ca 1928. Made by Bacon ... The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 18 (March 1952): 1-5.

There’s just something about a Appalachian dulcimer instrument…sound is so peaceful and calming. The word dulcimer actually means sweet song. So, when I play one, I feel pretty peaceful about ...

The second Ever Banjola Festival, on Saturday, will drum up attention for a musical instrument born and built in Colorado by Edward Victor Dick. A luthier, Dick has laid hands on as many as 50,000 ...

"The dulcimer is a fairly easy instrument to learn, as you play by finger numbering instead of notes. So now we have a way we both can enjoy music together." Mark, who is 77, says "you're never to ...

The water carried away dozens of historic instruments, including early examples of the hourglass-shaped dulcimer, developed and honed in Knott and Letcher counties in southeast Kentucky, and one ...