Leenia wrote that "someone resurrected the thread for no real reason."

Leenia, as I am going to learn to play dulcimer, I had an excellent reason for refreshing the thread!

Note how many related threads there are; it was better to keep this one going then to add another thread to the list. And much useful information on dulcimer playing has been added.

Debs - I haven't looked them up yet, but Hobgoblin and the Music Room have been recommended as UK sources for books, tapes, strings, etc. Also, there's a UK dulcimer club and it has a website, I think it's called "Nonesuch". It's both for hammer dulcimer and Appalachian dulcimer players