“The dulcimer arrived in Alaska this afternoon….. safe and sound! I plugged in and have been both flatpicking and strumming it. I truly love it Ray…… sounds warm and wonderful. It is so beautiful and different from any other mountain dulcimer out there. The pyrography, inlays, soundholes and other creative details truly make this instrument a work of art as well. My unique “Blue Moon” dulcimer:) I love everything about it♥️. Thank you Ray, you do incredible work!”

Julie

Mountain Dulcimer build # 193

• Tuning -D,A,DD

• Gauges .024 .0014 .012 .012 (Loop End)

• Woods

• Spruce top

• Maple sides and back.

• Ebony and Roasted Maple fingerboard.

• Ebony and spalted Maple headstock

• Pine cone in headstock

• Crosscut branches fret markers. Spalted and Walnut.

• Ebony, nut saddle and tailpiece

• Pau Ferro tuner knobs

Parts

• Two strap jack

• Artec Under saddle pickup with jack

• Gotoh 510 tuners

Mountain Dulcimer

Based on Joni Mitchell’s dulcimer as per customers request, this mountain dulcimer has some beautiful art bits, like the fret markers.

• Tuning -A#, A#, a# a# Alternate tuning G#, G#, g# g#

• Gauges .028 .0015 .013 (Loop End)

• Woods

• Western red Cedar body.

• Mahogany top and back.

• Roasted Maple fingerboard.

• Pau Ferro and roasted Maple headstock

• Tree of life b

• hand burned in cedar crosscut branch inlay in headstock,

• Roasted Maple bridge.

• Crosscut of branches in fingerboard.

Parts

• Two strap jack

• Under saddle pickup with plate and chrome jack

• Hipshot locking chrome tuners

Electric zither stick

I created this instrument for fun to have for sale at Fantasy in the forest art show. Su my wife vends there and it’s a lot of fun. I usually bring a couple of instruments to demo and play some live music on the main stage.

This year I thought it would be great to have something not too expensive, easy to play and I wanted to use up some old tuners and fret wire, but also a piece of art that has some of my signature art flare.

Anyways, It went so well that I am going to make more and also have them for sale on my website.

One thing I was very impressed with and anyone else that heard them was the tone. That’s due to the way I am setting up the pickup on it.

The final setup I have decided on, is a Mountain dulcimer tuning with a diatonic fretboard and four strings.