Dick - yes, I remember when a Hungarian team was booked for Sidmouth festival, and the Cymbalum needed roadies to carry it around to the different venues!

I learnt to play hammered dulcimer from Peter Pickow's book (my then husband bought me a hammered dulcimer because I have small hands that can't reach all the keys on stringed, keyed, buttoned and wind instruments). I'd heard Chris Coe play dulcimer and thought it sounded wonderful.

I belatedly discovered that Chris Coe plays a dulcimer with East Anglian tuning, and that American tuning is different......

Kitty