Something for the home

When I get too old to haul the cello around, or when it looks like rain or ice cream (I managed to slop some ice cream on my cello at the last fiddle performance, not wanting to lie it down in the grass), maybe I can turn to the bowed dulcimer. See link for a short clip. There is a variant of the instrument called a "pocket cello" that even comes with an end pin.

Boweddulcimer.com

I occasionally try to play the mountain dulcimer. I even went to camp for mountain dulcimer last summer and had a wonderful week, learning new chord techniques. When I got home from camp, the first thing I did, after I dragged my stuff in from the car, was to pick up the dulcimer and play all the tunes. I haven't really picked it up since then. But, I just learned of a dulcimer nearby concert/workshop/festival in September, so might attend, just for fun. :-)