The Kitchen Musician has not personally visited all of the stores, sources and people in this list, and, while we try to keep the list and the links up to date, we can't guarantee it. Also, we have not tried all the products from all the places listed; you will have to do that yourself.
Andy's Front Hall
Box 307, Wormer Rd
Voorheesville NY 12186
518/765-4193 - Fax 518/765-4344 - Somewhat scaled back, but still the place for recordings of Bill Spence and Fennig's All Stars, and recordings on the Front Hall label. E-mail: mail@andysfronthall.com
Barolk Folk Music
11 Center Street
Andover CT 06232
860/742-1035 - CDs and Books by Carrie Crompton and the Barolk Folk. "Barolk Folk" is their disctinctive blends of Early and Traditional Music. See the"World of Dulcimer Books" page for book titles.
Bucks County Folk Music Shop
40 Sand Road
New Britain Pa. 18944
215-345-0616 - Hammered dulcimers, including Dusty Strings, and Masterworks and accessories, including hammers, cases, and stands. Also harps, banjos, guitars, fiddles and other stringed instruments. Manufactures Buck Musical Instrument Products.
Collins, Mitzie - Dulcimist - See Sampler Records under S.
Country String Shop
54 W. Main Street
Campbelltown, PA (Rt. 322)
717 / 838-8732 Dayspring Dulcimers and other instruments, books, and Bill Johnson's book and plans for dulcimer builders. Call Robert Cain for hours and directions.
Dayspring Dulcimers
Hammered Dulcimers and a book by Bill Johnson with detailed complete plans and blueprints on how to build a 15/14 hammered dulcimer. Dulcimers available at Country String Shop (under C above)
Folkcraft Instruments
P. O. Box 807
Winsted CT 06098
(203) 379-9857 - Hammered and Mountain Dulcimers and kits and parts and more. E-Mail - The new URL is http://www.folkcraft.com/
Folk Craft Music
P.O. Box 1572
Wilmington VT 05363
802/464-7450 - Tapes, books, harp, mountain and hammered dulcimers
Mandolin Brothers, Ltd.
629 Forest Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310-2576
Phone 718-981-8585,718-981-3226 or Fax 718-816-4416 - In the "Other Stuff" category, where dulcimers are concerned, but a great place for other members of your band to look for vintage guitars, mandolins and banjos. One of the premier vintage instrument sites in the USA.
Missigman Music
Box 6
Laporte PA 18626
717/946-7841 - toll free (888) 946-7841 - Recordings, lessons, by Pennsylvania dulcimist Donna Missigman, plus McSpadden mountain dulcimers, Mel Bay publications, oodles of independently published books, capos, etc.
Mugwumps
15 Arnold Pl.
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 984-1800 Michael Holmes' venerable magazine about folk music and instruments goes back several years, though the website is new. The back issues have several interesting articles on folk music and dulcimers, both the hammered and fretted kinds.
Pinelands Folk Music Center
11 White St. in Millrace Village
Holly NJ 08060
609/231-8588 - The WWW site features lap dulcimers, but they also do hammered, plus tapes, CD's, lessons, etc.
Sampler Records
PO Box 19270
Rochester NY 14619
1-800-537-2755 fax 716 328 2010 - Mitzie Collins' company. Catalog lists recordings by Mitzie and many other hammered dulcimer artists. E-mail to SamplerRec@aol.com
Song of the Sea
47 West Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
207/288-5653 Fax 207/288-8136 - Edward and Anne Damm (used to be Great Lakes Dulcimers) carry Chris Foss and Masterworks HDs, many other instruments, and books, etc. Song of the Sea is a full-service folk music store and resource,
with a FAQ page about folk instruments and a directory of folk groups, teachers, and players accesible from the Song of the Sea website. The store is open 10 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Saturday, US Eastern Time.
Vintage Fret Shop
20 Riverside Drive
Ashland,NH 03217
(603) 968-3346 fax: (603) 968-3983 Vintage Fret Shop has hammered dulcimers and, of course, fretted instruments. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11-5:30, closed Mondays