  At
Folk Notes, all our mountain
dulcimers are selected
and set up to bring you the best
quality
sound for the price.Folk Notes Mountain Dulcimers Home of the original Folk Notes BanjMo (BANJo-MOuntain dulcimer) Folk Notes BanjMo
with nylon gigbag - $300.00
Leave
message in text box on order page for Cherry or Walnut. In Stock!
If you can hum a tune and clap your
hands to music, YOU CAN play
mountain dulcimer! Can't read music? No problem. All
mountain dulcimer music we sell uses a simple number
system called tablature.
The mountain dulcimer, also called appalachian dulcimer, or lap
dulcimer, is played
on the lap and has lighter gauge strings than a guitar, which are
easier
to push down. The frets(metal strips on the fingerboard) on
mountain
dulcimers have the notes arranged like the white
keys on a piano, so playing tunes on a mountain dulcimer is simple compared to
most other fretted instruments.
Here
are a couple of examples of mountain dulcimer tunes I play, in mp3
format. These are compressed so they will load quickly, even on
dial-up connections. Goin'
to Boston - Played
traditional style using 1 finger to fret melody
notes on the treble (melody) string only, while.
My Country Tis of Thee - Played in a chordal style, using simple chords, picked and strummed.   TK O'Briens Mountain
DulcimersTK O'Brien's Walnut Creek mountain dulcimers are built in Missouri using select native woods. These solid wood dulcimers have walnut bodies, a variety of soundboard woods and hummingbird soundhole designs, and hardwood bookmatched backs. They typically are warm and mellow sounding. (far left)Walnut Creek
Mountain Dulcimer walnut/sassafrass
(left)Walnut Creek Mountain Dulcimer all walnut w/gigbag -
$272.00Please indicate soundboard preference in textbox on order page.
We have a number of
McSpadden mountain dulcimer models in stock. The hourglass shape of the standard model
comes from
an old traditional design. McSpadden dulcimers have been built since 1962, and have become a
standard. With more McSpaddens out there than any other mountain dulcimer brand, it's no wonder that there
have been more National
Mountain Dulcimer
Championship winners playing McSpadden dulcimers than any other
maker. We carry
McSpadden
Standard and Ginger hourglass mountain dulcimers based on McSpadden's
original design, with many refinements
through the years.
The most recent and very significant change, is that all McSpaddens now
have solid wood book-matched backs instead of the instrument grade
plywood McSpadden has been putting on their mountain dulcimer backs for
years.
The sound quality of McSpadden dulcimers is now better than ever, in
all their mountain dulcimer models. Since switching to solid wood
backs,
each model of McSpadden mountain
dulcimer now sings out with it's distinctive individual sound.
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Folkroots
Mountain Dulcimers Folkroots mountain dulcimers have
been built since 1968 and have large deep bodies, giving them
more presence, good
for playing for, or with groups
of people. Folkroots was bought by Folkcraft, moved to
Connecticut in 1989, and now in Indiana. Their deep, wide bodies were designed for a 29 1/4"
fret scale, but mountain dulcimer playing styles have changed over the years, with more
chords being used
now, so a 27" fret scale is
standard on Folkroots dulcimers we carry, making chording easier. These
 legendary
mountain dulcimers have been used in many recordings,
from the mountain dulcimer revival period of the 70's, up through the
present. We
stock them in several
different combinations of woods. Folkroots cherry body, western red cedar soundboard mountain dulcimer, leafheart soundholes, with padded nylon gigbag - $330.00 Folkroots walnut body with spruce soundboard hourglass mountain dulcimer, classic F-Hole soundholes, and padded nylon gigbag. Folkcraft Mountain Dulcimers We
stock
mountain dulcimers by Folkcraft, formerly of Connecticut, and now moved to Indiana, who have been
building folk
instruments
since 1974, in several
different models.
The standard hourglass and teardrop dulcimers have a
traditional sound and shape, 27" fretscale, and geared tuners on
scrollheads. fretboards scalloped out underneath, have a clear and balanced sound. Cherry FSH with F-holes and padded nylon gigbag Price- $300.00
 New
Design!
Celtic Shield Soundhole Folkcraft
FSH-Ch cherry
Price -
$300.00hourglass mountain dulcimer with nylon gigbag.  Folkcraft Hickory FSH
mountain dulcimerwith F-Hearts and padded nylon gigbag. Price- $300.00
 We
have Folkcraft Cherry
and Walnut hourglass shapedmountain dulcimer kits with pre-installed frets, same size and shape as the FSH-Ch dulcimers. Leave message on order page for wood choice Folkcraft
Hourglass Dulcimer Kit
Price - $135.00 Folkcraft Walnut FSH mountain dulcimer with classif F-Holes and padded nylon gigbag. Price - $300.00  . The Folkcraft NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Centennial ltd. edition mountain dulcimer(pictured on left) has a body of select Pennsylvania Black Walnut with a book matched back and a Rosewood inlay down the center. The soundboard is Western Red Cedar. It has a flat peghead w/gold plated Grover mini tuners. Both headstock and fingerboard are overlaid with Maple, and then with Rosewood over that, for a striking accent. These NAMM Centennial ltd. edition mountain dulcimers are numbered (up to 100), and have the NAMM Centennial gold medallion on the peghead. Detail Photos Price - $515.00  Folkcraft Teardrop dulcimer - walnut/butternut teardrop mountain dulcimer, pictured on right, weeping heart soundholes, and scalloped maple fretboard w/purple heart overlay. Great looking and solid mellow sound. Folkcraft TD walnut/butternut w/gigbag - $345.00  Noteworthy
highly figured Walnut(Left) $310 w/carry bag
Noteworthy Mountain Dulcimers Jeff Gaynor, of Noteworthy
Woodworking in
Ohio, builds mountain
dulcimers(Pictured
on the left)
with the
volume to hold their
own in a
bluegrass jam, and also to be
heard well
while playing delicately.
These wide hourglass
dulcimers with a 27" fret
scale are available
in a Walnut body w/Spruce soundboard model, and one built using highly figured
Walnut. We sometimes have additional Noteworthy
mountain dulcimers with different features. If
you've never heard
a Noteworthy
mountain dulcimer, you'll find the volume and sound that Jeff builds into
them is nothing short of remarkable.
Walnut/Spruce
w/Dove soundholes, carry bag
(pictured on left)-$290 Walnut/Sassafrass w/leaf soundholes, carry bag (pictured on right)-$290.00
We carry sturdy 3
string
cardboard
mountain dulcimers, already built, which come with We have a large selection of mountain dulcimer books available online. We have complete descriptions of each book and list all the songs in the books. There are mountain dulcimer teaching books as well as dulcimer song books, arranged by categories or authors. Orders $335 and up ship free in continental USA * Large orders requiring two packages, the first(largest) package will be shipped free.
Dennis DenHartog's Personal Mountain Dulcimer Page We accept  Membership Not RequiredPlease Call during normal business hours only. Area code 260, 220-1961. Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Our best selling
McSpadden has been
the
Ginger. A
smaller dulcimer than the McSpadden
Standard, it can be tuned to as low as mixolydian DAd tuning and
as high as a fifth high,(A-e-a). The Ginger has a pleasant, mellow sound with
a lot of punch
for it's size, a 23 1/4" fret scale, is a joy to play, and great
for carrying on
trips. We
stock McSpadden
Ginger mountain dulcimers in several wood combinations. The
sound of all the McSpadden mountain dulcimer models have benefitted
from the recent change to solid wood backs, and while each model
dulcimer has a
different sound, you will get great sound quality from any of the
various wood combinations. We have
Ginger mountain dulcimers in all walnut, all cherry, and
walnut/redwood dulcimers. The walnut Ginger dulcimer has a strong
sweet voice, the cherry dulcimer has good volume and very clear tones,
which work
well for all
styles of play and all types of music. The Ginger walnut/redwood
mountain
dulcimer has a sweet voice with a mellow sound. Especially
considering the
small size of the Ginger mountain dulcimers, they are great for playing
with or for others, and have a strong enough voice for fingerpicking or
flatpicking as well as more traditional styles of playing.