Applecreek Dulcimer

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Product Features

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

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 32.2 x 7 x 3.6 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002DURGW
• Item model number: ACD100
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,033 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #2 in Musical Instruments > Folk & World Instruments > Stringed Instruments > Dulcimers

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice instrument, April 28, 2005

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Janice M. Hamilton (Bfookhaven, Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applecreek Dulcimer (Electronics)

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.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised, April 4, 2007

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B. Zepernick (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applecreek Dulcimer (Electronics)

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.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some info on this item, February 8, 2009

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Ginny Botkin "Kandykiss" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applecreek Dulcimer (Electronics)

I bought this dulcimer as well. I dont really play string instruments but I love the way a dulcimer sounds and thought it would be one of the easiest string instruments for me to learn as for all intents and purposes the dulcimer has 3 strings ( this one has 4 but 2 of them are melody strings which produce the same note ) This is NOT a 6 1/2! It is a plain old dulcimer. If you are unclear on what this means, it means: each string can not range a full octave. Which is fine if you are playing a lot of folk music, kids songs and older songs. However if you are needing to make chords for playing pop music this dulcimer is not for you. If you are just learning to play and you know you can resell it for a good price and buy a better one later if you like it, then this dulcimer IS for you. and yes I do agree some of the parts are shoddy, but for learning to play this instrument and not using it to perform its just fine.