Hammered Dulcimer:
Cloud Nine Hammered Dulcimers and Marimbulas – Michael C. Allen makes great hammered dulcimers. I play one!
Dulcimer Players And Their Instruments - A wonderful history of the hammered dulcimer focusing on the British Isles.
Lutherie:
Frets.Com – Frank Ford generously shares a wealth of information.
Guild of American Luthiers – Luthiers sharing their knowledge. Great books, plans, etc.
Randy Arnold – Whittler of Fine banjos.
Musical Instrument Makers Forum – A good place for questions and answers.
Musicians:
Wanda Degen – Dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, vocals…..if you live in Michigan you know her.
Robert Fishbone – A dear friend and one of my touchstones for the creative process. A musician, artist, performance artist, keynote performer/speaker, businessman and all around Renaissance man.
Music Resources:
Digital Tradition - Search a huge database of folk songs.
Dolmetsch Online – Resources for learning music theory, etc.
Social Networks:
Doug Berch on Facebook – I visit Facebook often (maybe too often!).
Tools and Woodworking:
Raven Farm Sawmill in Bath, Michigan – Kelvin Potter is a great guy who knows and loves wood. He reclaims and saws beautiful timber that would have ended up in landfills or fireplaces.
The Old Tools Mailing List Archives – Everything you could want to know (or not want to know) about working wood with hand tools.
The Old Wood-Working Machines Site – A wealth of information about that old machine you are hoping to restore.
Toolemera Press and The Toolemera Blog – Ephemera and Books on Early Tools, Trades, Crafts & Industries – a great resource.
The Village Carpenter – One person’s woodworking journey, with a focus on handtools, a nod to the past, and an appreciation for the creative spirit.
UnpluggedShop.com – Therapeutic Woodworking – Am amazing compendium of information from all over the web. If you work with hand tools you don’t want to miss this one.
Etc:
The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order
The Lakeshore Interfaith Institute