Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

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FREMONT - About a decade ago, a friend gave Pat Rife, of Clyde, a dulcimer as a gift. Today, that gift has overflowed into the lives of many others who have learned to play the instrument. For the ...

WINTER HAVEN | When Janet Howard heard the hammered dulcimer for the first time about two years ago at a talent show, she knew she had to learn more. At first it sounded kind of like a piano, but as ...