Folkcraft Instruments has been crafting handmade mountain dulcimers since 1968. We've been providing the best dulcimers, plus the dulcimer cases, tab books, dulcimer string sets, and everything else a mountain dulcimer player needs. We even provide dulcimer parts - machine heads and wood parts - for builders of all skill levels. We're happy to build a custom mountain dulcimer for you, make you a custom instrument case, or make you a custom string set. All of our dulcimers are handmade in the USA.
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Folkcraft customers speak out!
Fine product ... but better than that, some excellent advice and communication. Couldn’t be happier.
Nice variety of tunes with nice arrangements
Strings are great. They make my dulcimer sound fresh and bright.
Aaron O'Rourke - Faster, Cleaner, Better!
A nice collection of tunes. I read standard music notation, so having the music/chords along with the tab is a plus. I tweak the tab as necessary to "improve" the chord/melody, consistent with how I play. But, I do that with any tab. This book is handy when playing with dulcimer groups (jams).
I’ve received nothing but high quality merchandise from Folkcraft. I’ll be sticking with them!
I find no difference between each color and when I measure the thickness between colors I find no big difference. Measuring the thickness between points on a specific pick there is a range of thicknesses 1is thin 3 is thickest. That being said all colors work equally well and are a joy to use.
Great strings at a good price. Fast service is a plus.
My bass dulcimer arrived today and I am delighted with its sound and looks. The Eastern red cedar I chose turned out wonderfully. The sound is deep and rich.
coincidentally the day i got the request for a review i pounded the hitchpins into the pinblocks. unfortunately one went in a little bit askew and when i tried to straighten, well, imagine my horror when it snapped off. i had to use a plug cutter on my pristine pin blocks, got the stub out and tried to glue in a plug. imagine my further frustration when the plug was too small and i had to quickly whittle one to fit. i was just going down to the shop to trim it flush and see how cruddy the repair looks. that was the only pin i had trouble with. the rest went in nice and even and it was easy to tell when they bottomed out. if i ever need them in the future, i would buy them again.
I am so sorry it took this long to get back to you, but I have been busy playing!!
My new Folkcraft (standard) has Honduras Mahogany back and sides, Western Red Cedar soundboard and Purple Heart fret board with a Galax bottom too!
When I took it out of the case, I couldn’t believe it! It is magnificent and beautiful! The sound is fantastic! This is my 3rd Folkcraft, I have a bass dulcimer and of course my very first dulcimer (which is 100% all walnut). Obviously I am a great (lifelong) fan. Thank you so much, Flo
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So many well known songs..hard to decide which one to pratice!... 👍
Streets of Laredo....awesome..
Consistent quality. Sound great.
Great stuff to make you own nuts and bridges. Also like the cast nuts and bridges .
