My family has had one of Mr. Maxwell's dulcimers since around 1970. My father was a music professor at Fisk University in Nashville. I recall visiting the Upper Cumberland Craft Center with my father several times.

My dulcimer has only three strings and is probably walnut rather than cherry. I had not played it for years until yesterday. My 7 year old daughter asked about it. I tuned it up and managed to play a few tunes buried deep in my memory - "Wildwood Flower," "No Place Like Home."

Don Thieme
Valdosta, GA