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The first
mountain dulcimer I ever saw was owned by a musically gifted friend. It
was an inexpensive teardrop shaped dulcimer and I watched and listened
in wonder as he played it a couple of times with a group of friends gathered
around. At that time, I had started to teach myself to play guitar, and
was amazed at what happened when I got a chance to try out the dulcimer
when nobody was looking. After just a couple of minutes, I was able to
make sounds that some might mistake as music. Over two years later, I began
to learn my trade as a woodworker. Just for fun, I thought I would try
my hand at making a musical instrument. My first attempt was an instrument
I called a "Yock-a-lay-lee." It mildly resembled a guitar in that it had
a neck with frets and a soundbox attached to the end of it. I never expected
it to really "work," being built on a whim, but it did...at least enough
to show me there was potential to eventually make something that really
could produce nice music.
I next made an attempt at building
a dulcimer, completely by memory, because at the time I couldn't remember
the name of that silly instrument I had seen for a brief time over a two
years earlier. The result was way off as you can see. but again, it seemed
to "work" as far as making music.
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