Another Dulcimer Birthday....Part Two

She's "Back in the Wood," as Carole refers to one of the major passions of her life. There lives a new four string, deeper bodied model as of October 1st. The absolutely perfect join of the two pieces of the back showcases the natural grain in a gentle sunburst pattern.

The sound holes echo the voluptuous symetry of the body.

An amethyst stone found a home in the scroll

Every one of Carole's creations are one of a kind. Each one sings with it's own, very unique voice, determined by the tree of it's origin, and the shape and size of the body and the thickness of the wood....etc. It appears to me that being a luthier is as much an art, as it is a science.