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 ...

EVART — The Original Dulcimer Players Club presents the 50th annual acoustic instrument festival called FunFest. Traditionally known as the Evart Dulcimer Festival, you’ll find a variety of talented ...

Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KOLN) - In the 4-H/FFA Fieldhouse, sweet music floats above the creative projects and artwork. The strumming comes from a group of musicians that are based in central Nebraska ...

CENTERVILLE - These people do not need electronic equipment or expensive acoustics to make toe-tapping, knee-slapping music. There are no iPods, iPads, stereos or amplifiers here. It's just a circle ...

Four years ago, I had never heard of a dulcimer, which is a musical instrument. Now, it seems like everyone plays it, including me. Just recently, I was in the library and ran into a co-worker.

Dulcimers have quite a following with folks from Southwest Ohio. Sweet strains of folk ballads, classical music — even swinging country and rock ‘n’ roll tunes — can be played on the four-string ...

William D. Kuhlman wasn’t born with a pair of dulcimer hammers in hand. And his wife of seven decades — Jane E. Kuhlman — can remember when the stringed trapezoid that sings under his touch was a ...

Ross Sutter teaches kids how to build their own Swedish dulcimers at rural schools in Minnesota. Ross Sutter teaches kids how to build their own Swedish dulcimers at rural schools in Minnesota.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Image Amanda Seyfried’s musical pedigree has never been in ...