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Photo History of my 683 Dulcimers built since 2008

Photos separated by three wood type categories:

  1. Cherry, Chestnut, Cedar, and Catalpa
  2. Dogwood, Maple, and Walnut
  3. Mahogany, Scheitholts, Tennessee Music Boxes, Solid-body Electric

I started building my 6-hole Appalachian Flutes in 2001. I always wanted to build a stringed instrument but felt I needed more experience before attempting a guitar. Following the advice of a local, world-reknowed , guitar builder/picker, I decided to try Mountain Dulcimers. The rest is history. Using mostly salvaged wood from the Appalachian foothills of Southwest Virginia, I started building various designs; Hourglass, Teardrop, Box, and Scheitholt/Hummel. With help from my wife, and dulcimer friends, I started making dulcimers. My attention to detail, fretboard scale and feel, and wood selection and design have made my dulcimers very popular. I thank everyone for their continued support. Special thanks to our son, David for his support. The following is a small selection of the various designs I have built. If interested in a instrument, message me with the Item number.

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Cherry, Chestnut, Cedar, and Catalpa

  • Wormy Chestnut Electric HG, #99

  • Figured Wormy Chestnut #232

    Doubleback design, electric, my dogwood soundholes

  • Wormy Chestnut HG

    Natural and English Chestnut finish

  • Reclaimed Chestnut

    Beams from an 1870's log cabin

  • Cherry/walnut electric, #162

    Black ebony fingerboard

  • Cherry HG, #7

    Walnut fingerboard

  • Western Cedar/walnut Virginia Style Teardrop, #169

    Natural knot hole soundholes

  • Red Cedar/walnut HG, #160

    With electric

  • Catalpa Baritone Teardrop, #682

    Large body with guitar soundhole and tuning head

  • Western Cedar/walnut HG, #115

    With electric

  • Refinished Cherry Western Cedar

  • Chromatic Red Cedar, Electric HG, #682

    Western Cedar back, cherry sides, curly maple fretboard

  • Catalpa Teardrop, rosewood fingerboard, #414

  • Red Cedar HG, purpleheart fingerboard, #376

  • Red Cedar HG, guitar tuning head, #381

  • Red Cedar teardrop, natural soundholes, #385

    Electric with purpleheart fingerboard

  • Western Cedar Teardrop, natural soundholes, #387

  • Red Cedar HG, my Dogwood blossom soundholes, #388

  • Red Cedar, walnut HG, #392

  • Cherry HG, #69

  • Cherry HG, #8

  • Cherry Teradrop, 3-string gutar head, #364

  • Cherry/walnut HG, #371

  • Chestnut HG, purpleheart fingerboard, #412

  • Chestnut/walnut HG, #39

    Chestnut soundholes

  • Wormy Chestnut HG, electric, #51

  • Wormy Chestnut, #152

    Reclaimed from 1870's cabin

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Dogwood, Maple, and Walnut

  • Dogwood, walnut, wormy chestnut HG, #30

  • Ambrosia Maple, walnut fretboard, #216

  • Curly Maple, walnut HG, #138

  • Dogwood/walnut HG, #31

    My Dogwood blossom soundholes

  • Dogwood/walnut/sapele, #21

  • Dogwood/Sapele/Walnut, #17

  • Spalted Dogwood/walnut electric, #683

  • Walnut with oak fretboard, #2
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Mahogany, Scheitholts, Tennessee Music Boxes, Solid-body Electric

  • Cherry/walnut 8-string Scheitholt, #204

  • Tennessee Music Boxes

    Cherry and walnut designs

  • Electric Solid-body 2x4 Dulcimers

  • Cherry Tennessee Music Box, #209

  • Tennessee Music Box, Cherry/walnut, #383
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