Studia Instrumentorum Musicae presents some rare resources for those interested in researching historic stringed instruments. I recommend starting with the on-line museum of historic guitars, zithers, and citterns.
The deeper you dig into this site the more treasure you will find.
Monthly Archive for February, 2010
Flying With A Mountain Dulcimer
Posted in Dulcimer on Feb 3rd, 2010
Musicians have nightmares about flying with their instruments. Though a mountain dulcimer will almost always fit in overhead storage the instrument is technically too long to be considered carry-on baggage by many airlines.
I rarely have trouble carrying-on a dulcimer. Here are a few things I have learned over the years:
I fly with my dulcimer in [...]