Folkcraft® Mountain Dulcimer String Set, Ball Ends (.012" .015" .024"RW)

Item Number 9020271

Regular price $6.95

This set of Folkcraft brand dulcimer strings will keep your instrument sounding great. These ball end strings come in a set of three with the following gauges: .012, .015, .024RW.

Strings in this set:
Melody string: .012
Middle string: .015
Bass string: .024RW

The "RW" stands for Roller-Wound. The roller wound strings have a steel core, with a brass winding. The brass winding has been flattened with rollers, creating a warm sound with very little string squeak.

If you play your dulcimer set up with three strings (instead of four), then we're recommending these gauges - the balance across the strings is better for three-string players. (Some people take off the extra melody string of a four-string dulcimer string set, and play with 011, .013, and .024RW, but the slightly heavier gauges of our optimized three-string set are better for most players and most instruments.)

Dulcimer strings

These strings are really great

Mountain Dulcimer String Set - Perfect!

We purchased a used, hand made dulcimer at an estate sale. Never had a dulcimer before. It was a four-stringed instrument, but was missing one string. Purchased the four string replacement set and the instrument sounds wonderful. Thank you for wonderful strings, at an affordable price and rapid delivery. Cheers!

Good strings

Strings are very good. I’ve begun buying multiple sets just to have extras on hand.

Great Strings, Great Price

This is my second set of these strings. I find them extremely good with a lot of ability to hold tune. The strings are stiffer than previous strings that I used and my right hand had to get used to depressing the strings with more force but once I got onto that I really like the strings and plan to continue using them.

Folkcraft Mountain Dulcimer String Sets

I have organized and run two dulcimer clubs - one in Louisiana (The Bayou Dulcimer Club( and, currently, one in North Carolina (The Mountain High Dulcimer Club). I teach dulcimer lessons at all levels to club members as well as private lessons, Instructions include the care and maintenance of our instruments, including recognition of "dull" or "dead" sounding string sets. This year the club purchased four types of strings from Folkcraft. The quality, intonation, tone and volume are outstanding. To maximize the quality of sound for teaching, jams, performances and personal enjoyment, it is important to replace strings as they age. Towards this end, our club provides instruction on tuning and string maintenance, providing maximum voice for each instrument - these strings are excellent. Recommended.

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Folkcraft® Mountain Dulcimer String Set, Ball Ends (.012" .015" .024"RW)

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