Songbird Dulcimers

Songbird Dulcimers Crafting hammered dulcimers since 1992.
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Hammered Dulcimer Keys Skill Level Chart: 🤔Did you know that different keys on the hammered dulcimer require different s...
09/04/2026

Hammered Dulcimer Keys Skill Level Chart: 🤔Did you know that different keys on the hammered dulcimer require different skill levels? Keys like C, G, D, and F and their relative minors are the easiest to play because they are grouped in boxes. Then from there it gets a bit hairy. 🙈It is important to study your tuning diagram to identify the location of other key’s notes you want to play.

👉 This chart points out which keys are easier/ more difficult on our range of dulcimers.

Our models:
9/8: Fledglings
13/12: Chickadee
14/13/8: Chickadee Chromatic
12/11/3: small Hummingbird
15/14/8/3: large Hummingbird Chromatic
14/13/6/7: Voyageur & Wanderer Chromatics
16/15: Phoebe & Finch
17/16/8: Phoebe & Finch Chromatics
17/16/8/6: Finch Chromatic Pro

Questions? Let us know in the comments. For more info, check out our website: www.songbirdhd.com

📢Officially announcing the product drop of our new Hummingbird models!! 🎉🎉👏 🎶The 15/14/8/3 and the 12/11/3 Hummingbird h...
09/02/2026

📢Officially announcing the product drop of our new Hummingbird models!! 🎉🎉👏

🎶The 15/14/8/3 and the 12/11/3 Hummingbird hammered dulcimers will be handmade and signed by our very own Chris Foss. Both versions feature a floating top with multiple section soundboards, plus an open back design.

👉Check ‘em out on the website under the Instruments tab: www.songbirdhd.com

09/01/2026

Chris Foss plays “Chicken Reel” 🐓on our newest model, the 12/11/3 Hummingbird hammered dulcimer. Now available for purchase, check it out on our website, link in profile

Photo of Daly: secondhandsongs.com

08/25/2026

Sing along as Chris Foss plays “Cluck Old Hen” 🥘on his newest experimental Hammered Dulcimer, the 12/11/3 Hummingbird. If you think this should be a regular model, let us know! Check out our hammered dulcimers on the website, link in profile

08/18/2026

Chris Foss plays 🎶 “Roscoe” on our newest experimental hammered dulcimer, the 12/11/3 Hummingbird. Check out all our available models on the website, link in profile

Creed and Russell: Smithsonian Institution, photo by J. Scott Odell, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Russell Appalachian Dulcimer: National Museum of American History, license CC0

08/11/2026

Chris Foss plays 😈💭 “The Devil’s Dream” on a new experimental hammered dulcimer, the 12/11/3 Hummingbird. Made of Poplar, this newest Hummingbird variation is easier to tote around to jam sessions!

Check out all our available hammered dulcimer models on our website, link in profile

Attribution: Philip Halling / Ancient track between Knapp Farm and Alfrick / CC BY-SA 2.0

08/04/2026

Chris Foss plays🗣️ “Connaught Man’s Rambles” on our Hummingbird hammered dulcimer, an experimental model. Check out our hammered dulcimers for sale on our website, link in profile

Last picture credit to: Baca12, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

07/28/2026

Chris Foss plays “Winder Slide” on our experimental hammered dulcimer model, the Hummingbird. Check out all of our hammered dulcimer models on our website, link in profile.

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Joy, IL
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