This Deluxe model offers the best features from the Roosebeck Mountain Dulcimer line! The vaulted fretboard and the completely spruce soundboard are lightweight and allow for more sound vibration, producing excellent sound quality. This mountain dulcimer has an hourglass shape and 4 of the classic f-hole openings on the soundboard. The body, neck, and fretboards are solid Sheesham or Walnut and the tailpiece has a gold color and is shaped like a crown. The bridge and nut are bone. The carved scroll peg head features 4 gold-colored mechanical geared straight tuners with a 4:1 ratio and there are 4 strings, including 2 melody strings, 1 middle string, and 1 bass drone string. Many tunings will work, but we recommend the traditional DAD method to make it easy to pick up and play. 

Traditionally, mountain dulcimers had three, equally spaced, strings: a melody string, a middle string, and a bass string. Later developments created a 4-string dulcimer by changing the string spacing and doubling the melody string.  Doubling the melody string created greater volume to the melody line. Contemporary dulcimers, such as ours, include extra notches on the nut to allow more personalized string patterns.  The inside doubled melody string can be removed completely to revert to the traditional 3-string set-up.  Or the Inside melody string and the middle string can both be moved over one notch to create an equal spacing between all four strings. Find the setup that works best for you.

Important Specifications:

  • Neck at Nut: 1.25 inches in width.
  • Neck at Body Joint: 1.25 inches in width.
  • Nut: 1.25 inches in width, made from Sheesham/Walnut.
  • Scale Length: 25.5 inches.
  • 4 tuning pegs/levers.
  • 18 Metal Frets (Including the 6 1/2 and 13 1/2 Frets).
  • Strings: 2-Melody, 1-Middle & 1-Bass.
  • Lovely Hour-Glass Shape.
  • Vaulted Fret Board For More Reactive Sound.
  • Spruce Soundboard, Cream Colored, Straight Grained.
  • Scroll Carved Peg Head with 4:1 Tuners.
  • Sophisticated F-Shaped Sound Holes.

Accessories Included:

  • A Pick.
  • A Noter.
  • Owner's Guide.

The 6 1/2 and 13 1/2 Frets:

This model includes the 6 1/2 and 13 1/2 frets. Most early dulcimers had a strictly diatonic scale; that is, the frets were placed so as to produce a major scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) with no extra half steps. More recently, dulcimer players have found that the placement of an extra fret between the 6th and 7th frets and between the 13th and 14th frets allows two things; (1) a major scale can be produced starting at another point (on the open string), and (2) most songs containing "accidental" notes can be played. The 6 1/2 and 13 1/2 frets add versatility. The disadvantage is that it takes a while to get used to the extra frets if you have been playing dulcimer without it.

SPECIAL NOTE ON STRINGS:
There is no warranty on strings. Manufacturers recommend that you change the strings on your instrument as soon as you receive it. Your instrument has completed a long journey before it ever begins the final leg of your home. During this time the elements affect the strings and may shorten their lifespan. It occasionally happens that a string will fail during that final leg of the journey. Therefore, it is recommended that you purchase a replacement set of strings and consider changing your strings soon after it arrives. If you are a student you may want to change your strings every 3-4 months. If you are a rock star you may need to change your strings every week. If you store your instrument, you should consider changing the strings when you pick it up again.

Note: The dulcimer color/wood(Sheesham or Walnut) may vary.

ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • DMDS4 34" 4-String Emma Mountain Dulcimer
Finish
  • Sheesham / Walnut
Year
  • 2022

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