This Grace Mountain Dulcimer model from Roosebeck has many great features! Its vaulted fretboard makes it lighter and as a result there is more soundboard vibration and excellent sound quality. It has an hourglass shape and its body, neck, nut, bridge, and fretboard are solid walnut. Its tailpiece has a silver color and is shaped like a crown. The soundboard is spruce and has a charming walnut skirt design on both ends, as well as 4 of the classic f-hole openings.
This model also features 4 mechanical geared right angle tuners with a 14:1 ratio and has 4 strings, including 2 melody strings, 1 middle string and 1 bass drone string. Many tunings will work, but we recommend the traditional DAD method to make it easy to pick up and play.
The following accessories are included with the instrument: pick, notes, and owner's guide.
Traditionally, mountain dulcimers had three, equally spaced, strings: a melody string, a middle string, and a bass string. Later developments created a 4-string dulcimer by changing the string spacing and doubling the melody string. Doubling the melody string created greater volume to the melody line. Contemporary dulcimers, such as ours, include extra notches on the nut to allow more personalized string patterns. The inside doubled melody string can be removed completely to revert to the traditional 3-string set-up. Or the Inside melody string and the middle string can both be moved over one notch to create an equal spacing between all four strings. Find the set-up that works best for you.
• Strings: 2-Melody, 1-Middle & 1-Bass
• Lovely Hour-Glass Shape
• Vaulted Fret Board For More Reactive Sound
• Spruce Soundboard, Cream Colored, Straight Grained
• Right Angle Tuners with 14:1 Ratio
• Sophisticated F-Shaped Sound Holes
