Welcome. There are literally hundreds of nice web sites that may be useful to the dulcimer community. I have included some of these below. I will attempt to categorize the links and provide a brief description of the site. I can't possibly review these links often so there may be some that are out of date. Please let me know if I should remove and/or add any links by Contacting Us.

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Live365.com

 Cindy Funk of Sweetwater Folk presents nothing but dulcimer music. Click on logo to the lefet or go to:

www.live365.com/stations/318690

Jennifer Range of Studio Magazine has a number of good Podcasts related to dulcimer and other performers at

www.kattywompusfolkstudio.libsyn.com/

Bruce Ford has put together an awesome dulcimer site called "Everything Dulcimer".

 Check it out!
Check out David Lynch's "Travel Dulcimer" and other models. Click Here.


Looking for a Festival?
 

 Visit Dennis DenHartog's Festival Index

Check out the Folk Music Index
Clubs
 
East Texas Dulcimers  
Hills of Kentucky Dulcimers Represents Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
North Harris County Dulcimer Society Active in the Houston, Texas area
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association  
Great Plains Dulcimer Alliance Secretary Barb Barr, Wichita, Ks
Luthiers
 
Bear Meadow Dulcimers Great building information and dulcimers by Dwain Wilder
Black Rose Dulcimers Dulcimers & Banjimers. Terrific prices and good quality.
Darveaux Dulcimers Nice teardrop dulcimers. I've played one and liked it.
The Dulcimer Shop Beautifully hand carved dulcimers by Kerry Anderson 
Jam Court Dulcimers Good dulcimers with some innovative touches.
Sweet Woods Dulcimers David Lynch's site for great dulcimers at affordable prices.
Jerry Rockwell Truly one of the top notch musicians in the Dulcimer community
Prussia Valley Dulcimers Gary makes a fine dulcimer. Certainly worth considering for your next purchase.
John Stockard Great dulcimers and stands
Ed Weiss Good choice in various mtn. and hammered dulcimers.
Accessories and Dulcimer Retailers
 
Acoustic Corner Run by Tom Fellenbaum and Stephanie Wilds. Dulcimer and other instruments.
Acoustic Music Shop Gary and Toni Sager have just opened this shop. Dulcimers, stringed instruments, accessories, books, recordings. A must see.
Allenwood Dulcimers Nice looking dulcimers. Check out the courting dulcimer. Neat.
American Dulcimers Entry level dulcimers at Pigeon Forge. Very reasonable prices and good variety.
Blue Lion Dulcimers and Guitars.  
Folk Notes Folk music shop by Dennis DenHartog with American and Ethnic Folk Instruments.
Lark in the Morning Nice shops to visit in Seattle and San Francisco.
McSpadden Dulcimers Strings, picks, tuners, etc.
Mountain Music Shoppe Jim Curley, owner.
Owl Mountain Music Includes nice links and builder reference.
Prussia Valley Dulcimers Proprietors Gary and Toni Sager.
River Song Music Shoppe Mel Derickson's site
Woods-N-Strings Mike and Connie Klemmer's dulcimer shop near Cosby, TN
Sweet Sounds Dulcimer Shop Run by Barry and Linda Evans in Beaumont, TX
Song of the Wood Music Shop Mostly Hammered Dulcimer but includes Mtn. Dulcimer  by Katie Waldren
Individuals/Groups
Kerry Anderson Luthier, player, and instructor. Nice web site too.
Mike Anderson Nice site. Variety of interests from the Dulcimer Guy
Coyote a.k.a. John Blosser
Steve Dulson The Tinker's Own web site.
Theo Elsey Theo authors this fine site for guitar, mandolin, and dulcimer. 
Evening Rose Evening Rose is diverse musical group capable of playing a wide variety of styles to fit any occasion, but their primary focus is on Traditional/Folk/Celtic music.
Robert Force Bob Force's "In Search of the Wild Dulcimer". Good tutorial info.
Lance Frodsham Recordings and Kindred Gathering information.
Gary Gallier Great player. Check out his site.
Neil Gaston Neil has been performing and teaching the mountain dulcimer for over 24 years.
Linda Brockinton 2001 National Dulcimer Champion and Finger Pickin' Good
Bob and Susie Hutchison Good husband-wife team. Nice Christmas CD
Terry Lewis Great site by Terry with tabs, music and info. about TablEdit.
Heidi Muller Player, vocalist, and instructor
Mike Seeger Fiddler. Good definition of Old Time Music
Steve Seifert New site. I'll see how this develops.
Maureen Sellers Maureen is a dulcimer teacher and workshop organizer. Good site.
Martin 'Whitey' Whitehead Great Collection of TablEdit tabs and MIDI files.
Books and Recordings
 
Mike Anderson Nice site. Variety of interests from the Dulcimer Guy
CNET Online ordering for music.
Darveaux Dulcimers Slight Departure band
Doofus Music  
Folk Music Index Nice resources to folk music by Jane Keefer
The GuideZone Songbook Online list of many tunes. Good resource for lyrics.
In Search of the Wild Dulcimer More of a web site tutorial on the dulcimer.
McSpadden Dulcimers Good selection. Includes Larkin Bryant book set.
Mostly Mountain Dulcimer Good resource of recordings including David Schaufer.
Old Time Music Mostly fiddle. Wasn't sure where to put this link.
Prussia Valley Dulcimers Extensive stock of books and CDs
Jerry Rockwell Truly one of the top notch musicians in the Dulcimer community
Smashed Productions Recording studio we found at Metamora, IN
Steven K. Smith Nice site for music and technical information about dulcimer tuning.
Festivals
 
Dulcimer Players News  
The Dulcimer Shop Kerry Anderson has a complete schedule of festivals.
The Dulcimer Den Great index to dulcimer/folk/old time festival by Dennis DenHartog
Folk Music Directory  
Tabs and Tunes
 
Digital Tradition Lots of tunes w/ tuning conversions
Martin 'Whitey' Whitehead Great Collection of TablEdit tabs and MIDI files.
Everything Dulcimer Check the tabs section. Extensive listing mostly by Steve Smith
Software
 
Music Ease My personal favorite in notation software. For Windows only.
TablEdit Most popular notation software for dulcimer.
ABC Music Format A new method for exchanging notation.
Index of Music Notation Software Large collection of URL's for music notation - all platforms.
Copyright Information
Public Domain Search This site lists all the known public domain songs
Harry Fox Agency Mechanical license application and copyright search engine
Copyright Web Site Good links to everything you need to know about copyright laws
Opposing Copyright Extension Forum for protesting unreasonable copyright extensions.
ASCAP One of the big boys in copyright performance licensing
BMI One of the other big boys in copyright performance licensing
SESAC Organization to protect rights of songwriters and publishers
RIAA Big Brother of the recording industry and the most aggressive lobbyist for stricter laws and the biggest culprit in blocking free promo of budding artists.
U.S. Copyright Office Thanks to Tentmaker for providing this link.
Public Domain General knowledge of when works pass into the public domain.
Public Domain More information on public domain works.

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