Folkcraft Instruments

I ordered this to get some international flavor in my playing, and it is wonderful. Accessible to beginners on their way, and there is plenty of room for more advanced players to add their own flourishes. There's even a song from Nigeria, much to my surprise and delight. Thank you Joe Collins for conceiving of such a book.

Great service, fast sipping and wonderful book.

This cedar top/walnut body with Galax back has a clear, beautiful tone! I have a walnut 27” not custom, it is beautiful but I really wanted another 25” for see if playing. Also I now have an 8 1/2 fret for the first time and that is very handy, as I have played with a 1 1/2 for decades. Love my new dulcimer!!

Ball end strings in the right size were hard to find

After asking on a dulcimer forum which pick, folks liked best, most responded Herdim. So I bought some from Richard, and I have to agree! They don't have the same clicking sound of typical guitar picks. And I like that each one has soft, medium, and hard corners.

Silver Snark 2 Dulcimer Tuner

Love the plans. It is helping me build a great banjo for the first time. The plan is great and easy to follow. What I would recommend is to used the plan for creating templates before building the banjo. After that it is easy to do. Getting the right angle and shape of the head neck is the hardest part. Love it great service and plans

Very nice! Fairly easy to follow! Enjoy Bing’s way of playing!

Folkcraft Strings are my favorite and I like that I can order them individually or in a package

I purchased three Flowering Sun Rosettes. One at 1 1/2" and two at 2.3/16". Now, I build stick dulcimers (about two per year). Each one I try to make better than the one before and I started using these rosettes to add a little class to them. Normally, I cut a 1 1/2" sound hole. In my last one, I grabbed the wrong hole saw (I have quite a a few) which did not cut a hole, it chewed a hole in the soundboard. Well, that was awful and there was no way to repair short of drilling it out to the next larger size (1 3/4"). Now the rosettes wouldn't fit and I couldn't find any 1 3/4" rosettes anywhere. Then I looked closely at the image of the Flowering Sun rosette and noted that it has an internal design separated from an outer ring ty thin 'struts'. I measured the image on the screen, did some calculations and found that the inner design was awfully close to 1 3/4".
so I ordered two in the hopes that I could remove the outer ring and fit this to my instrument. Long story short, it worked. The inner design was a tad over 1 3/4" which meant I had to slightly enlarge the soundhole. Then press the rosette into place. Note that removing the outer ring leaves a rosette that is fairly delicate. You have to be very careful while handling it and pressing it in place. Get it right the first time because you won't be able to remove it with breaking it. A little CA and it is now fixed in place. and looks nice. [I did it twice because I had drilled a 1 3/4" hole in a previous instrument]

I am looking forward to this workshop. I have had both instructors before and they present material in a fun and relaxed way that is very easy to understand. Both are very good dulcimer teachers.

This book contains 50 popular songs from the last 50 years or so. The selections are very playable. It is fun having the tab for more modern music.

Nicely made strap with leather ends for a strong hold on your dulcimer. East release and adjustible. Much nicer then anyother strap I have used. Color black

Tull's books are always good, this one is no different. I like his tabs....they are straightforward and done well.

We use this wrench for our hammered dulcimer. This "T" style is the best for tuning, in our opinion.