Specialty Dulcimer
Deluxe Wildwood Dulcimer, Rosewood F-Holes & Scrolled Pegbox
Deluxe Wildwood Dulcimer, Rosewood F-Holes & 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.
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.
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.
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.
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