I play a McFadden, using three strings and a thumb pick. I have a 'pub table' in one room, and I like to set the dulcimer on it and play standing up. I put plasti-tac under the edges to hold it off the tabletop and let it be louder.

I have a simpler one, made years ago from a kit, to travel with. It has saved my sanity at many a family reunion.

I just updated my list of dulcimer tunes, and it has 222 songs on it, not counting the early music.