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To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

As Benjamin Barker’s wooden hammers dance across the 125 strings of his dulcimer, classical melodies fill the sanctuary at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville. At the same time, his ...

SOUTH SHORE Nestled between the Ohio River and U.S. 23 sits a shed producing mountain dulcimers at the hands of Jeff Lambert. “All the sawdust work is done in here,” Lambert said, as he unlocked the ...

The dulcimer-maker believes the folk and bluegrass instrument is making a comeback. His goal is to teach the younger generation how to make the instruments so that it doesn’t become a lost art. “I ...