Dulcimer lovers unite every January in the Poconos at the annual Pocono Winter Dulcimer Fest. This is the 13th year for the popular festival that brings two different types of dulcimer lovers together ...

WANTAGE -- Her hands hovered over the mass of strings, thumbs and wrists working closely to flip the decorative wooden hammers onto the strings. As Donna Traylor played, Merle Tanis was making similar ...

The traditional mountain dulcimer, with its strings stretched the length of an oblong wood box, provides a distinctive profile that has endured for generations. Dulcimer enthusiast Peter Alway of Ann ...

Bob Mallalieu listened to the radio as he drove through Virginia about 10 years ago and heard an instrument that was new to him. He savored the sweet sound that filled his car. It wasn't until he ...

Balancing on his lap a tear-shaped piece of wood with frets and strings, Powers demonstrated how to pick the strings to produce a melody. “I can play a few of the old-timey songs like ‘Old Joe Clark’ ...

LINCOLNTON, N.C. — Lincolnton resident Frank Brown likes knowing he can take a piece of wood that would have otherwise been cut up or used to build a barn, he said, and turn it into an object that ...

In Kentucky, where music is the lifeblood, an apprentice program run by luthiers provides meaningful jobs and helps remove the stigma of opioid addiction. Credit...Mike Belleme for The New York Times ...