Cyndi Lauper appeared on American Idol last night playing her unique mountain dulcimer. Stephen Seifert mentions on his website this morning that it looks like a six string McSpadden. Lauper took lessons from the late David Schnaufer and has recorded with both Schnaufer and Seifert.
Dulcimers! Dulcimers! Dulcimers!
Welcome to Dulcimer Players News. We're a 72 page quarterly magazine and CD devoted to those who play, build and enjoy dulcimers. Dulcimers come in quite a few varieties. Some are fretted like a guitar, some are hammered and some are even bowed like a cello. For 35 years Dulcimer Players News has been filled with stories to help you be a better player, and help us all understand where this tradition is coming from, and going to today. We hope you'll subscribe today and keep the tradition alive.
Where's My Spring DPN?
If your Spring DPN hasn't arrived yet, it may still be wending its way through the postal system. While we appreciate the hard work of our friends at the USPS it is completely impossible to predict delivery times. We've had people on other continents receive their magazines ahead of some US subscribers.
Give us a call if you want to make sure we have you in our records as a current subscriber. Our number is 423 886 3966. Please leave a message if we can't get to the phone immediately. We return all our calls and confess that this time of year we might just be in the garden on a pretty day.
Dulcimer Players News is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, but it's really your anniversary too. The community of dulcimer players and builders is still growing stronger every day. We want to know where you fit it and plan a timeline issue for this fall.
