Oct. 19 -2018 /11:51 PM . Bought a A.W. Jeffreys Dulcimer approx. 1969 -early 70 [ first read about Dulcimer makers in The Whole Earth Catalog ] .Still have it ! The only dulcimer that is still my 'personal'favorite [ have plenty others and traded/sold even more, but that 'just temperament' fretting , the three strings, no 6 and -a-half -fret and that soft ,silvery voice all adds up to 'My Girl ' ].The walnut string mount 'nut ' at the bottom finally broke from decades of pressure and use; and I'm going to take it to a proper luthier to get it repaired someday [ it's a pretty 'wall dulcimer 'now ]. Everything worth playing on a dulcimer I first learned on that Jeffreys dulcimer [ including a lot of singing support /inspiration too ] . Sometimes, it's really true when somebody tells you ' They just don't make them like that anymore '...