Photo: Rizzetta hammer dulcimer soundhole rosette.

Links

Sam Rizzetta at CD Baby
The source for credit card purchases of Rizzetta CDs and digital downloads, include sound clips.

Trapezoid at CD Baby
To download the original Trapezoid album.

Gourd Music
A source for some Rizzetta CDs and other fine dulcimer music. Gourd owner Neal Hellman is a fine mountain dulcimer player and recording artist.

Dusty Strings
Information and tunings for some Rizzetta designs, a source for replacement strings, and conscientious builders of excellent harps and hammer dulcimers.

Nicholas Blanton Instruments
Lots more information on Rizzetta designs and dulcimer tunings. Nicholas also builds his own instruments and is a craftsman of great skill, artistry, and dedication.

Dulcimer Sessions
A Mel Bay web magazine; archives include a Rizzetta profile.

Dulcimer Players News
A quarterly magazine for dulcimer players. Highly recommended.

Linda Lowe Thompson
A source of good dulcimer instruction books, tune books, and lots of useful links including links to the Winter Festival of Acoustic Music in Dallas.

The Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia has a well-deserved reputation for excellent workshops and concerts.

The Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia and the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina have fabulous music and craft classes and are two of my favorite places in the known universe.