More than 15 years ago, when Dan and Dona Benkert set up shop at a weekend craft show in Lockport, the Naperville couple figured it would be business as usual selling Dona’s homemade rag dolls.

Whether they strum a few chords or pick a tune at breakneck speeds, everyone contributes to a fabulous sound. The day ends with a concert, open to the public, where well-know dulcimer players ...

Wif Leiker plays a tune in this May 19 photo on a hammered dulcimer he made in his garage workshop at his home in Hays. He started building his first hammered dulcimer 50 years ago and is building ...

Tim Simek's first job out of high school was working in a dulcimer shop. He showed people how to play a simple tune on a Mountain Dulcimer. His other job back then was tuning a much more ...

LERNA -- The distinguished sounds from dulcimer strings seem to lend themselves to travel back in time, and they help set the tune at an event at a site devoted to the 19th Century. Presentations ...

She said the mountain dulcimer was attractive for its accessibility — almost anyone can learn to pick out a simple tune within minutes of picking it up — but also its potential. “It’s ...

“If you can hum a tune, you can play the dulcimer,” said Shelley Stevens, a founding member of the club. She picked up the dulcimer in 1984. “And life has never been the same since,” added ...