hey wolfie- how many times i gotta tell ya- it's a mountain dulcimer- not
hammered dulcimer- geez! ;-)

maybe this will help
http://www.cybozone.com/luthier/inst.../dulcimer.html
also- if ya come out this way in october, i'll school ya

anyway, i think our uncle wayno prefers stolie's to little wooden mallets-
but then, ya never know ;-)

snakefiddler- (curious minds want to know)