I don’t think I’ve posted any mountain dulcimer music here since I moved over from Mister Anchovy’s to this space. It’s a diatonic instrument in the zither family. Usually it’s used to play American old-time music or sometimes gospel music.
Of course you can also play bowed dulcimer…
27th Street 
A young man who works for a local grocer just acquired one of these. He was ecstatic to finally have one of his own. I think it came to him through his family.
I have a banjo dulcimer at home. It’s like a mountain dulcimer, tuned to DAD, but it has a small banjo head on it and uses banjo strings. This gives it a character that is way less sweet than the dulcimer. I enjoy playing it from time to time, but most of my music making time is with the button accordion.
that’s quite an outfit Mr Bloom is wearing
You know it, nurse. I’m all about the groovy outfits.