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Russell Cook is a hammered dulcimer builder and player from Oklahoma, United States. [1] Russell won first place in the 1981 Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. Cook built his first dulcimer in 1979, and has gone on to build hammered dulcimers. He originally operated under the name Wood 'N Strings.
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...
Sam Rizzetta (born May 23, 1942 died October 26, 2021 [2]) was a hammered dulcimer player, builder, and designer originally from Chicago, had lived in Inwood, West Virginia. Rizzetta discovered the hammered dulcimer while working in the repair of guitars and illustrated books in
A type of Hammer dulcimer Yangqin: China Pitched Chordophone Type of hammered dulcimer. Yuka: Congo Unpitched Membranophone Made from a hollowed out avocado trunk with a leather membrane. Zabumba: Brazil Unpitched 211.212.1 Membranophone Zatula: Ukraine Unpitched 112.2 Idiophone Zill: Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone
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Dorothy Carter (born New York City, 1935, died June 7, 2003, in New Orleans) was an American musician. [1] [2] Carter performed contemporary, folk, traditional, medieval, and experimental music with a large collection of stringed instruments such as the hammered dulcimer, zither, psaltery, and hurdy-gurdy.
Comment - I've written an article on the contemporary use (in rock, folk-rock, jazz, etc.) of the Appalachian dulcimer (not the hammered dulcimer) for a music encyclopedia, and I know a number of the players involved with such playing. By the way, I listened to Amazon samples for every available track on the albums mentioned above and I could ...
Irish hammered dulcimer players (1 C, 3 P) S. Santoor players (8 P) Santur players (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Hammered dulcimer players"