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Roosebeck Deluxe Wildwood Dulcimer, Rosewood F-Holes & Scrolled Pegbox

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4-String Solid Rosewood Body Spruce Top F-Hole Openings Scrolled Pegbox

Ideal for: Players who want the Wildwood character with traditional details and a denser tonewood

The Deluxe Wildwood with a rosewood back, scrolled pegbox, and four classic f-holes.

The Deluxe Wildwood Dulcimer takes the original Wildwood design and adds the details that turn a good dulcimer into a beautiful one: a solid rosewood body, four classic f-hole openings on the soundboard, and a hand-carved scrolled pegbox at the head. The result is an instrument that looks like it stepped out of an Appalachian luthier's shop seventy years ago and sounds the part too.

Warm, Resonant Wildwood Voice

The Wildwood family produces a fuller, slightly twangier voice than the more refined Grace line, and the rosewood body on this Deluxe model adds warmth and sustain that complement the spruce soundboard's clarity. Three string courses (a wound top, a plain center, and two plain strings tuned in unison at the bottom) give you dulcimer character with a touch more melodic punch.

About rosewood: Rosewood is one of the most prized tonewoods in stringed instrument construction, valued for its density, warmth, and the way it deepens in character as it plays in over the years.

F-Holes, Scrolled Pegbox, Rosewood Back

The four classic f-hole openings on the soundboard are functional acoustic apertures and visually iconic. They give the Wildwood Deluxe a look that references early American folk lutherie. The hand-carved scrolled pegbox at the head is the kind of detail you'd expect on a violin, applied to an instrument from a different folk tradition.

The solid rosewood back contrasts beautifully with the lighter spruce soundboard, and the wood's density adds noticeable resonance compared to lighter back-wood options.

Why "Deluxe": Compared to the standard Wildwood, the Deluxe adds the rosewood back, the f-hole openings, and the scrolled pegbox. The platform is the same; the details elevate it.

Traditional DAD Tuning, Diatonic Scale

The Wildwood has three string courses: a wound string at the top, a plain center string, and two plain strings tuned in unison at the bottom. Recommended tuning is traditional DAD. The frets are arranged in a diatonic scale, just like an Appalachian mountain dulcimer, with the addition of the 6½ fret just below the octave position to allow play in Ionian mode.

This gives you full traditional dulcimer playability with the modal flexibility many players want once they've moved past first songs.

New strings recommended: The strings shipped on every Wildwood are travel strings. Replace them shortly after arrival for the best playability and tone.

Technical Specifications

Strings 4 in 3 courses (1 wound, 1 center, 2 unison)
Recommended Tuning DAD
Body Wood Solid rosewood
Soundboard Spruce
Sound Holes Four classic f-holes
Pegbox Hand-carved scrolled
Frets Diatonic with 6½ fret
Overall Length 34.5 inches

What's in the Box

Every Deluxe Wildwood ships ready to tune and play.

Pick Noter Owner's Guide (PDF)

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Roosebeck Deluxe Wildwood Dulcimer, Rosewood F-Holes & Scrolled Pegbox

$420
$420
Tradition you can feel, craftsmanship you can hear.
Solid tonewoods
Cured, cut, and chosen for sound.
Voiced by hand
Fretboards dressed, action set, bridges fit by our luthiers.
Made to be played
Built for working musicians, designed to sound better the more you play it.
Since 1973
Five decades of building instruments that last generations.

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