The Kitchen Musician has not personally visited all of the stores, sources and people in this list, and, while we try to keep the list and the links up to date, we can't guarantee it. Also, we have not tried all the products from all the places listed; you will have to do that yourself.

Judi Morningstar's Dulcimer Books, and the person to contact about Ruffwater String Band and Just Friends, the Ruffwater Fake Book, and about Michigan dulcimer styles.

Bob and Betty Kiogima
1079 Tinker Lane
Proctorville, Ohio 45669
Phone - - Makers of dulcimer hammers. Bob and Betty appear at various dulcimer festivals with a variety of hammer choices.
43 York Street
Bay City MI 48708
- Clifford Atwater makes and sells various accessories, chair/carts, stools, stands, dusters for dulcimer players.

Cindy Baker
Hammered Dulcimer cases with gray Cordura cloth exterior, foam padding/insulation, and industrial strength Velcro closures that really work, formerly made by the Michigan Bag Lady, Peg Earl. Now made by Cindy Baker. Custom cases available.

Michael Allen
5701 Stover Road
Ostrander OH 43061
740/ - makes and sells very nice hammered dulcimers, and sometimes performs with Kendra Ward and Bob Bence.

Ooolitic Music
1111 E. Wylie
Bloomington, IN 47401
Studio & Fax email: - Recordings and scores, and more by multi-talented dulcimist Malcolm Dalglish, and his new organization, the Ooolites. Includes recordings by Metamora and the Banish Misfortune Album.

Different Strummer
909 West Armitage
Chicago IL 60614 - Music store for all kinds of folk music, lessons, books

1100 N. Washington Ave
P.O. Box 14249
Lansing MI 48901
Showroom | mail order | fax - Massive folk store, with mail order operation so large they have separate catalogs for books, recordings, instruments and supplies and vintage acoustic and electric instruments. Web site includes listing of vintage instruments for sale. If you are looking for vintage instruments, check here, and at Gruhn's and Mandolin Brothers.

Dale Evans
208 1/2 E. Locust
Bloomington IL 61701
309/ - Dale builds dulcimers in central Illinois, and he also handles books and accessories


20322 SR 33, Wapakoneta, OH  45895,
- Mainly known for Bluegrass instruments, fiddles, banjos and guitars, Vernon & Kitty McIntyre also have hammered and lap dulcimers, and host concerts and workshops. Home of Appalachian Grass.

2329 Curdes Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
- have Hudson, Songbird (Chris Foss), and Dusty Strings hammered dulcimers and accessories including cases, stands, and a variety of hammers. They also have a very large selection of mountain dulcimers by at least 8 different builders at any given time. Many other folk instruments, harps, banjos, ethnic percussion, tinwhistles, native american and Irish flutes, and more. Many titles to choose from in instructional and music books as well as recordings. Teachers are available for hammered and mountain dulcimer, as well as autoharp. open Mon-Fri days and most Sat, mornings. Let them know you're coming to avoid conflicts with their lessons and performance schedule.

PO Box 302
Woodburn IN 46797
- Hammered and Mountain Dulcimers and Ukeleles and Psalteries and kits and parts and more.

505 East Lincolnway
Valparaiso IN 46383
- Folk music stores with dulcimers, other instruments, books and teachers

400 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
615/ Fax 615/ - In the "Other Stuff" category (as respects dulcimers) but your friends that play guitar, mandolin, etc. will want to check Gruhn and the website. One of the main vintage instrument sites I know.

4N221 Ferson Creek Rd.
St. Charles, IL 60174
630/
Fax: 630/ - New website for hammered dulcimers by Bill Robinson and Ken Harris. Primarily H&R build two sizes (an 11/10 and a 17/16) using the original method of "floating" soundboard construction.

Hooker Hollow Hammered Dulcimers
Rt. 5 Box 295
Keyser, WV 26726
- makes custom order and experimental hammered dulcimers, including work with interesting woods (like cedar and lignum vitae) and does other custom dulcimer work.

- J&K Hammered Dulcimers
310 E. Chicago Blvd.
Britton MI 49229
517/ - In addition to selling hammered dulcimers, and supplies, Jim also performs and records, and is a great story teller. I've seen him go through a 20 minute set at a dulcimer festival, with an encore, and no one realized until much later that he had never played a note. He also has a recording studio. E-mail to for more info.

Kitchen Musician
449 Hidden Valley Lane
Cincinnati OH 45215
513/ - Tunebooks for hammered dulcimer and other instruments by Sara Johnson. You're on the Website now. Kitchen Musician® Books

Lost Valley Dulcimer
Linda Foley - Curt Sanders
8022 W. Fruitdale Road
Montague MI 49437
- A nice line of instruments with beautiful ornamental carving available. Linda has taught carving at Augusta. One of my dulcimers is a Lost Valley, and the dulcimer with the light colored soundboard pictured on this site is a Lost Valley.

10670 S. Lowell
De Witt MI 48820
517/ - Handcrafted hammered dulcimers made by John Kelly

Jim Miller - The Hampton Music Shop
PO Box 228
Hampton, Tennessee 37658
615/ - Jim makes dulcimers, and also performs and records, and is a great story teller.

- Dulcimer Books, Recodings by Ruffwater String Band and Just Friends - See Aunt Lu's above

PO Box #816
Nashville IN 47448
- Hammered dulcimers, mountain dulcimers and lap harps handmade by Bill Berg. Nashville, Indiana is full of interesting "old-timey" shops, and near Brown County state park. If you are interested in visiting Nashville IN, drop in at Mountain Made; if you are interested in visiting Mountain Made Music, allow some time for sightseeing in Nashville.

Mail order sales of dulcimer and folk instrument accessories, CDs, cassettes and music books. Catalog. Now at in Minnesota

Noteworthy Instruments
John H. Huron, Prop.
1220 Windsor Avenue
Bristol TN 37640
423/ - Mountain dulcimers and mouthbows (no HDs yet), but the fretless banjos and historical reproduction gourd banjars not only sound nice, but are museum quality, and well worth checking out. (John tans his own ground hog skins for the banjars.)

Old Time Music Shoppe
608 Water Street
Union Mills IN 46382
219/ - Hammered and Mountain Dulcimers and other instruments, including harp, psaltery, banjo and autoharp, tapes and CDs, plus antiques.

#7 Millstone Village
Pigeon Forge TN
- Hammered Dulcimers, including a beginner's model, HD books, accessories and stuff, Appalachian dulcimers, old time mountain banjos and mandolins (including a backpacker) - up in the Smokies at the gateway to Gatlinburg. - Great place to visit.

Red Dragon Music Den
670 Winchester Ave.
Martinsburg WV 25401
Box 3362
304/ - Books, including music and medieval and renaissance books.

Rizzetta Music - Sam Rizzetta
P. O. Box 530
Inwood WV 25428 - Recordings by Sam Rizzetta, dulcimer designer, player, theorist, teacher and builder. Sam was one of the founders of Trapezoid as a hammered dulcimer quartet, and carries a re-release of the original Trapezoid recording, as well as his new albums. Sam is the creator of the Dulcetta (soprano dulcimer), a bass dulcimer, and the new Rizzetta "piano dulcimer", a fully chromatic instrument. Sam's albums are available on-line at .

125 East Main Street
Jonesborough, TN 37659
- Hammered Dulcimers, Appalachian Mountain Dulcimers, Bowed Psalteries, Lap Harps, Folk Harps, Custom Mandolins, Guitars and Banjos, also a very unique instrument, The "Dujo". Rhythm Bones, Books, Hammers, Accessories, etc.

225 North Harrison PO box837
Shipshewana, IN 46565
toll free 1 888 MTDULC-2 - Located in the Amish country in Indiana, Simple Sounds carries hammered dulcimers, lap dulcimers, and many other instruments, including player pianos. They also host workshops for both hammered and lap dulcimer.

425 N Swain
Ingalls IN 46048
Toll Free1- (Orders Only) - 's site has both lap and hammered dulcimers, as well as other instruments, kits and accessories.

4631 Bayard Park Drive
Evansville, IN 47714
Phone: Email: The store handles hammered and mountain dulcimers by Masterworks, David Lindsey, Rick Thum, McSpadden, Folkcraft, T.K. O'Brien, and others; also, Oscar Schmidt autoharps, recordings, books, and specialty items such as embroidered bags and art prints, all with a dulcimer focus.

21 N. Shafer Street
Box 900
Athens OH 45701
- StewMac offers a complete line of hard-to-find tools, parts, and accessories for building and repairing stringed instruments. We also offer a wide selection of instruction books and videos covering all aspects of repair and building. They have a free catalog. Primariliy guitars and guitar kits, but also banjos and some other instruments, and tools and supplies.

Jeannie Tomanica - Wood and Soul
Hammermaker
8250 Mt. Garfield
Nunica, MI 49448
616/853/6371 - A variety of well made standard (whatever that is) and custom hammers, including double headers

1513 Upcreek Road
Bidwell OH 45614
614/ Fax 614/ - Dulcimer recordings and dulcimer books by Kendra Ward, and bookings. For information send e-mail to

Noteworthy Case
Hammered Dulcimer cases with gray Cordura cloth exterior, foam padding/insulation, and industrial strength Velcro closures that really work, formerly made by the Michigan Bag Lady, Peg Earl. Now made by Cindy Baker. Custom cases available.

1500 E. 5th Street
Dayton OH
937/ - Violins, fiddles, violas, cellos and repairs. Has some dulcimer recordings, though here they are called "fiddle recordings with dulcimers".

William K. Webster
14677 E. 8 Mile Road
Warren, MI 48089
313/ - Bill Webster's dulcimers have a full, rich sound for solos or for ensemble playing with everything from fiddle, to harp to grand piano. My main recording duclimer is a Webster. Bill makes both fifth tune and octave bass instruments, and recently completed a dulcimer with both bass tunings on one instrument. E-mail address is

Historic Roscoe Village
Coshocton OH 43812
614/ - Large selection of hammered dulcimers and mountain dulcimers from various makers, including Dusty Strings, Dulcimer Factory, Chris Foss, J&K, Master Works, Lost Valley, Blue Lion and Cloud Nine. Coshocton is home to the Ohio dulcimer contest in May.

Joe Wojciechowski
23891 80th Avenue
Evart MI 49631
616/ - Dulcimers and hammers and some interesting accessories, like the music stand that sits on the top rail of a hammered dulcimer.