Museums are Meccas for the forgotten. Sure, their historical relevance can be monumental, but connections for the masses are tenuous at best. Sadly, artifacts lack footholds in this ...

The Hammered Dulcimer A Selected Bibliography of Hammered and Plucked Dulcimers and Related Instruments Boone, Hubert. "De Hommel in de Lage Landen." Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments Bulletin 5 ...

WANTAGE -- Her hands hovered over the mass of strings, thumbs and wrists working closely to flip the decorative wooden hammers onto the strings. As Donna Traylor played, Merle Tanis was making similar ...

Kathy Gunderson had a question for her fellow dulcimer players: "Got your seat belts on?" With a few adjustments to their "seat belts" — their term for the instrument straps — they launched into a set ...