DULCIMER
xx MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Whale-shaped, eight-string instrument can be plucked like a harp or struck with mallets like a dulcimer. Est. cost: $15. BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jul 1987 (v.65#7) pg. 72, 115
How to make a mountain dulcimer. Patterns and complete instructions. DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Jul-Aug 1978 (v.9#6) pg. 42, 52
Dulcimer peg box. A look at several designs plus details for carving a Moebius-strip peg box. FINE WOODWORKING #11 Summer 1978 pg. 77
The Appalachian dulcimer. A look at some tools and techniques used by Warren May to make traditional instruments. FINE WOODWORKING #33 Mar-Apr 1982 pg. 68
Homegrown music. An introduction to the dulcimer. MOTHER EARTH NEWS #67 Jan-Feb 1981 pg. 154
Build and play a homemade "hammered dulcimer", a large, many-stringed instrument played with small sticklike hammers. MOTHER EARTH NEWS #70 Jul-Aug 1981 pg. 144
How to make and play a hammered dulcimer. MOTHER EARTH NEWS #83 Sep-Oct 1983 pg. 154
Build a "banjimer" a cross between a dulcimer and a banjo. POPULAR MECHANICS Jul 1982 (v.158#1) pg. 88
Two styles of Appalacian dulcimers which you can build are shown. Design of sound box and peghead can be varied to suit the builder. POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1973 (v.203#6) pg. 102
Dulcimer, a stringed instrument familiar to the Appalachian mountain people. SCIENCE & MECHANICS Jan 1964 (v.35#1) pg. 101
A description of what it takes to build stringed instruments from kits. Three mail-order kits (two guitars and a mountain dulcimer) described. WOOD MAGAZINE #105 Apr 1998 (v.15#3) pg. 56
Making music in wood. Plans and directions for building an Appalacian dulcimer. WOODWORKER May 1991 (v.95#5) pg. 484, Insert
Added Info WOODWORKER Aug 1991 (v.95#8) pg. 788
Dulcimer is relatively easy to build, with no special jigs or instrument-making tools required. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1985 (v.9#6) pg. 34
Making curved sides for musical instruments (fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, ...) by fabricating a two-piece bending mold from plywood or particleboard. The thin wood is prepared by heating in an ordinary oven prior to clamping in the mold. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1990 (v.14#2) pg. 30
Mountain or lap dulcimer project. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Jul-Aug 1991 (v.15#4) pg. 28
Hammered dulcimer. A classic instrument that's easy to build. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1993 (v.17#1) pg. 64
How to assemble and finish a dulcimer from a kit. WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1970 (v.26#6) pg. 20
How to make a dulcimer. Includes pattern and step-by-step instructions. WORKBENCH May-Jun 1975 (v.31#3) pg. 22
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