Dulcimer – Mountain Hour-Glass Style

The mountain dulcimer, also called the Appalachian dulcimer, or lap dulcimer, is played on the lap and has lighter gauge strings than a guitar. Easy to learn – frets are arranged diatonically like the white keys on a piano. This model has an hour-glass shape and 4 classic f-hole openings on the spruce soundboard. The neck, back and sides are maple. Features a nickel-plated crown shaped tailpiece. The scroll peg head features 4 nickel-plated enclosed mechanical geared machine heads with a 4:1 ratio and there are 4 strings, including 2 melody strings, 1 middle string and 1 bass drone string.

• Scale Length: 25.5 inches (648mm)
• 4 enclosed machine heads (tuners)
• 18 Metal Frets (Including the 6 1/2 and 13 1/2 Frets)