When Jim Vander Woude was 15, he built a 12-foot sailboat with his stepdad and stitched the sail with help from his mom. He loved sailing in the handcrafted vessel so much, he "wore it out." After he ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN - The humming and sawing of tools are among the only sounds heard as Tom Fellenbaum works in silence and solitude in his dimly lit studio. Saw dust floats in the air among stacks of ...

WINTER HAVEN | When Janet Howard heard the hammered dulcimer for the first time about two years ago at a talent show, she knew she had to learn more. At first it sounded kind of like a piano, but as ...

LAKE MILLS -- Arlie Olson recently combined his love of woodworking and his love of music to create a hammered dulcimer. The 84-year-old Lake Mills resident first saw a hammered dulcimer, which ...

Editor's note: This story has been update to correct the location of the jam tonight at the Wesleyan church. On Saturday, the Pocono Dulcimer Club will present the 10th annual Winter Dulcimer Fest, a ...

GREEN CREEK, N.C. -- The first time Ben Seymour made a musical instrument, he looked at the finished product — a plucked psaltery — and said, “This is really chintzy.” His wife had wanted a version of ...