Dulcimer lovers unite every January in the Poconos at the annual Pocono Winter Dulcimer Fest. This is the 13th year for the popular festival that brings two different types of dulcimer lovers together ...

A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City. A group of musicians are gathering in central Ohio this week to jam — but ...

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 ...

Bob Mallalieu listened to the radio as he drove through Virginia about 10 years ago and heard an instrument that was new to him. He savored the sweet sound that filled his car. It wasn't until he ...

A music festival with a difference is coming to Dorset. The Dorchester Dulcimer Weekend, happening on Saturday and Sunday, is based around the unusual stringed instrument of the same name. Festival ...

Balancing on his lap a tear-shaped piece of wood with frets and strings, Powers demonstrated how to pick the strings to produce a melody. “I can play a few of the old-timey songs like ‘Old Joe Clark’ ...

The traditional mountain dulcimer, with its strings stretched the length of an oblong wood box, provides a distinctive profile that has endured for generations. Dulcimer enthusiast Peter Alway of Ann ...

Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas will perform on hammered dulcimer and bass in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Betzler Auditorium at Walsh University in North Canton. Admission is $6 for ages 13 and ...

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 ...