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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.
Check out the SPECIALS page for
marked down dulcimers.
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Instrument specs
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.
NEW! 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 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. Sound clips of each wood are found below at wood samples. |
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
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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 pictures.
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 us to discuss these options instead of using the shopping cart.
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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.
The dulcimer shown has a cherry top.
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Some of the current dulcimers in inventory.
These are the standard Walnut Creek dulcimers without a double back.
If ordering one of these dulcimers, use the dulcimer # as your choice for wood instead of the wood name.
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Locust top.
Bluebird soundholes.
Dulcimer #LOBB
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Walnut top.
Dove soundholes.
Dulcimer #WADO
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Redgum top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer # REHB
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Cedar top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer #CEHB
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Butternut top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer #BUHB
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Walnut top.
Hummingbird soundholes.
Dulcimer #WAHB
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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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