To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

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“That’s part of its appeal.” A year later, the Benkerts returned to the craft show and bought a hammered dulcimer. Soon they had founded a west suburban folk music society–though their ...

The hammered dulcimer is the George Harrison of the musical world. It's a super cool instrument with a unique voice, but almost always overlooked in favor of almost every other, cooler instrument.

One of North America’s few professional hammered dulcimer players will perform a new concerto he composed for the Lake County Symphony Orchestra at its Dec. 8 concert. Charles Brown is the ...