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 TK O'Brien's Walnut Creek mountain dulcimer is a sweet sounding and exceptional looking instrument. It's offered in a variety of woods for the soundboard and choices for the sound hole patterns. Our best seller has great workmanship and is reasonably priced to makes it a true bargain.
Some of our current inventory is shown
at the bottom of this page.
If you would like to see a photo of particular dulcimers besides those shown below before ordering, let us know what you would like and, if we have it in stock, we can email it.
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Instrument specifications
Well balanced hourglass shape. 34 1/2 inch long, 7 1/2 inch wide, 2 1/8 inch deep. The fretscale length is 27 1/2". A 6 1/2 fret is standard. This dulcimer has 4 strings that are arranged in the traditional three string with double melody style. The nut is notched to allow for equidistant spacing for playing in the fingerpicking style. Made in the U.S.
Double Back Walnut Creek. We now offer a Walnut Creek with a double back for increased resonance. Besides the double back, it has decorative inlay stripes in the head stock, position dot inlays, and F holes for the soundholes. This model is shown below. It will be available in limited quantities.
Wood and sound features
These dulcimers have a solid Walnut back, sides, fret board and scroll head. The back and top are bookmatched which adds to the beauty of the wood.
The solid wood top is usually available in Walnut, Cherry, Redgum, Sassafras, and Butternut. Woods vary and often include some not listed here. Our stock varies at any given time.
Samples representing a typical look of some woods are shown at the bottom of this page. Sound clips of some woods are also available. Sound does and often will vary when using the same wood on 2 different instruments of the same model. This can be due to varying grain patterns and hardness of the wood. |
Sound hole designs
Precision cut soundhole designs:
Bluebird w/ leaves
Cross w/leaves
Deer w/leaves
Dove w/leaves
Heart w/leaves
Hummingbird w/leaves
The leaf patterns have a burnt in connecting vine.
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Choose your case and book option. Please fill in your first and second choice of wood for the top or use the number for a specific dulcimer shown at the bottom of this page. We will notify you if your choices are not available. Also, since ordering a dulcimer involves options for wood and soundhole, you may want to consider calling or emailing us to discuss these options instead of using the shopping cart.
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Some of the current dulcimers in inventory.
If ordering from current inventory, use the dulcimer # from the
specific instrument as your choice for wood instead of the wood name.
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Sapele top.
Cross soundholes.
Dulcimer #SACR
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Sapele has a rich dark
cedar-like color. The strong
deep tone projects well.
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Redgum top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer #REHB
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Nice streaky figuring
characteristic of redgum grain.
The walnut back on this
dulcimer is gorgeous!
Tone accents upper midrange.
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Light Walnut top.
Bluebird soundholes.
Dulcimer #WABB
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Light rather than dark walnut with interesting darker shades on upper and lower bouts.
Tone is warmer than typical
for walnut.
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Willow top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer #WIHB
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Light honey color with several
small knotholes that adds to
the beauty. Soft upper
midrange tones. |
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Maple top.
Heart soundholes.
Dulcimer #WIHE
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Light top with pretty shaded tones flair out on lower bout.
Strong clear midrange tones.
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Double Back Walnut Creek Dulcimer
This dulcimer is a variation on the Walnut Creek dulcimer described above. The double back on this dulcimer creates more volume and resonance than the standard Walnut Creek dulcimer. The other distinguishing features are inlay dots at frets 3, 5, 7, and 10, a decorative double stripe inlay in the head stock and F holes for the lower soundholes. The top soundbard wood will vary but the sides, back, fretboard and head stock are all walnut.
This dulcimer is ordered separately from the other Walnut Creek dulcimers. To purchase a double back dulcimer select it here.
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Wood Samples
Appearance of wood varies in grain and tone.
These samples will give you a close approximation of the actual wood. |
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 Walnut |
 Cedar
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 Cherry |
 Butternut |
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 Sassafras |
 Maple |
 Sapele |
Redgum |
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| Bluebird |
Cross |
Deer |
Dove |
Heart |
Hummingbird |
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