Product Description

Handcrafted in Europe by experienced luthiers. Features a laminated spruce top, richly stained back and saides, and geared guitar-style tuning machines for easy tuning. Applecreek Dulcimers are made using optimal construction techniques for long life and precise fretting for good intonation. Pick and noter are included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7439 in Musical Instruments
• Size: full-size
• Color: brown
• Brand: Apple Creek
• Model: ACD100
• Dimensions: 32.00" h x 7.00" w x 3.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• The Dulcimer is a great sounding folk instrument with a tone similar to a folk guitar using a capo for high tuning

Customer Reviews

Very nice instrument
I wanted a dulcimer for a long time, but since I never played one before and have limited musical (as well as financial) talents to put towards it, I thought well here is one I can afford and if I can't play it, well I can probably get my money back out of it. I also thought what kinda dulcimer am I gonna get for this cheap of money. My expectations were not high. I was pleasantly surprised. The dulcimer is handcrafted (in Romania) made with all solid woods, mine appears to be spruce.

This dulcimer is VERY nice. It is quite lovely actually and it came with a pick and noter devise as well as a limited instruction sheet and a first song. Within 30 minutes I was able to make the song sound actually pretty good, and I have never played dulcimer before,ever. The only thing that this one needed was to be tuned when it arrived. I tuned it according to instructions found over at www.everythingdulcimer.com and it is just lovely sounding. A very nice first instrument.

Pleasantly surprised
When I first recieved this dulcimer, I was shocked at its light weight, and thought I had purchased something akin to a toy-guitar. However, after learning to play it, and taking lessons, I discovered that this is a very nice, affordable instrument, with a good tone. I would recommend not using the guitar picks that are offered on this site. A better alternative is the flexible dulcimer picks, which make a much nicer sound.

Not recommended
Assembled in Romania using commodity plywood and cheap Chinese tuners, this is an instrument to avoid -- ESPECIALLY if you're likely to develop an affinity for the dulcimer.

While the open strings will tune properly, chords will sound terrible thanks to the assembly-line luthiership. The shoddy nut and bridge, combined with automated fretwork, is a nightmare.

Yes, it is cheap, but beginners will not be able to advance very far, and those with any experience with string instrument will draw the wrong conclusions about dulcimers.

If you are really on a budget and are unsure about dulcimers, even a cardboard --- yes cardboard -- dulcimer is superior to this one. A good cardboard dulcimer is about the same price.

But if you can spend even $125, you can find nicely crafted student dulcimers from a variety of American luthiers.