My Baby
My sister-in-law had a little dulcimer and I fell in love with it. She lives in Atlanta, Ga. and they began to look for one for me. The builder had died so my husband decided to build me one. My brother-in-law took dimensions and pictures and Gene set off to build his first dulcimer. He put hummingbirds (my thing) for sound holes. Some one asked me how he made those little hummingbirds. I told them that in the interest of my marriage I stayed in the house! It comes time to tune the dulcimer. The largest string is a 10 so it’s tuned an octave higher. Gene and Cathy got on the telephone, long distance, and tuned my baby dulcimer on the phone. It really sound great. He teases me that I’d better know the song because it does sing out.
There isn’t another one like it, I won’t let him use hummingbirds on the other ones he builds.
Submitted by Linda and Gene Lamprecht from Corpus Christi, Texas
I got my first instrument when I was 12 or 13 years old. I am now nearly 75. I didn’t start out intending to collect anything, it just happened. For man years I didn’t think of my self as a collector of instruments. I got my first dulcimer about 15 years ago. Somehow I now have 92 dulcimers and over 250 other musical instruments. I guess that makes me a collector. We attend or perform at a good many music festivals. I was unable to attend as many last year but in 2005, my wife and I were at 26 festivals in 11 different states. I think it is obvious that we like music festivals. My wife run the CD sales table at about 10 festivals a year.
Submitted by Bill Lee
I was first introduced to the dulcimer by my dear friend Joy Fergus. I knew that I didn’t have the time to learn this instrument at least that’s what I thought. Not long after this time I had nothing but time on my hands, lonely time. My husband was killed in a tragic accident back in Aug. 2005. Joy once again inspired me to take up the dulcimer since I now had time that I didn’t desire. Learning to play the dulcimer was such great therapy for me. My lonely hours, especially weekends were spent practicing the dulcimer. This instrument helped to put a smile back in my heart and it also put a smile on others faces. It was also a wonderful escape from grief. Gail and David DeBlanc were very inspiring to me also in continuing to play this wonderful, peaceful instrument. My valley had dulcimer music playing as I walked.
Submitted by Karen Clark
Submitted by Linda and Gene Lamprecht from Corpus Christi, Texas
I got my first instrument when I was 12 or 13 years old. I am now nearly 75. I didn’t start out intending to collect anything, it just happened. For man years I didn’t think of my self as a collector of instruments. I got my first dulcimer about 15 years ago. Somehow I now have 92 dulcimers and over 250 other musical instruments. I guess that makes me a collector. We attend or perform at a good many music festivals. I was unable to attend as many last year but in 2005, my wife and I were at 26 festivals in 11 different states. I think it is obvious that we like music festivals. My wife run the CD sales table at about 10 festivals a year.
Submitted by Bill Lee
I was first introduced to the dulcimer by my dear friend Joy Fergus. I knew that I didn’t have the time to learn this instrument at least that’s what I thought. Not long after this time I had nothing but time on my hands, lonely time. My husband was killed in a tragic accident back in Aug. 2005. Joy once again inspired me to take up the dulcimer since I now had time that I didn’t desire. Learning to play the dulcimer was such great therapy for me. My lonely hours, especially weekends were spent practicing the dulcimer. This instrument helped to put a smile back in my heart and it also put a smile on others faces. It was also a wonderful escape from grief. Gail and David DeBlanc were very inspiring to me also in continuing to play this wonderful, peaceful instrument. My valley had dulcimer music playing as I walked.
Submitted by Karen Clark
