The mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple-looking instrument. Only about three feet long from tip to tip, with three strings and a neck full of frets, almost like a cross between a violin and ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

"The dulcimer," he said, "had just about died out." But it didn t, and for proof, you need only visit the Midland County Fairgrounds this weekend. Fifty years ago, says John Skayrd of Saginaw, "there ...