Okay, so a big part of Pluck is the biography of David and a bit of historical context for both David and the dulcimer for those who are...

This is the view directly across my desk. The painting of David is by a good friend of his who is a multi-media artist, singer-songwriter...

This is not *the* earliest music David made; that happened when he was five years old and learned to play the jaw harp. But this is the...

Still not sure who David Schnaufer was, or what he did that was so amazing? Alright, first return to this and this post about Jean...

If you've never heard of the Lomax family, you're in for a world of discovery and wonder as was I when I started this project. But, I get...

His mother's gift of a Barlow knife from when he was a child ensured that David Schnaufer would play the fiddle tune on a dulcimer.

Since joining the dulcimer community I’ve heard several people say that mountain dulcimer players are some of the nicest people you’d...

David discovered flow via the dulcimer; watch Adam Grant's TED Talk, "How to Stop Languishing & Start Finding Flow" to learn how flow works.

I first heard his name when I joined the Nashville Grand Old Dulcimer Club. We live in south central Kentucky, a short hop to Nashville...

One of the things David and many of his friends throughout his life had in common was a love of nature. David spent much time on the...

David Schnaufer's journey from the Gulf Coast of Texas where he was born through his time when he “made it” to and in Nashville forms the...

David Schnaufer is not the only main character in Pluck; so is America's first folk instrument, the Mountain Dulcimer. It was not planned...

One of the first things I learned about David Schnaufer when I started my research was that the dulcimer was not his first instrument;...

Both in David's life as well as during the writing of this project, occasional events took place that were interesting in a "good-spooky"...

Unless you lived through the folk music times starting in the forties, you may or may not have heard of Jean Ritchie. When I started the...

The first time I heard the name “David Schnaufer” was in Chicago in 2007. It barely registered in my mind. My husband is the serious...

In 1990, Atlantic Records released a music video that featured Arkansas musician Martin Delray performing his cover of Johnny Cash’s “Get...

When we moved to southern Kentucky in 2013, a local friend invited me to visit her dulcimer club to hear the members play. The...