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LATEST NEWS - 7/11/2025

NEW RUN OF DULCIMERS

We are happy to announce that we are ready to begin a new run of instruments in the next few weeks.  Robert's hand is healing (there is still a ways to go) but he is able to start building dulcimers again. Unfortunately there are some other issues that limit the amount of time he can spend in the shop so we are estimating that this run will take around four to six months to complete.

Due to Janita's shoulder surgery and recovery she is still unable to do inlay so we will be filling orders which do not require custom inlay or the Style II standard white rose or the Jean Ritchie "Hearts-a-Flower" inlay.

We are currently contacting those on the waitlist in the order in which they were listed and whose instrument can be built either with our mother of pearl position markers or no inlay. 

We know you have been waiting a long time and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding.  


WAITLIST STILL SUSPENDED

For the time being, we are no longer accepting orders to be placed on our waitlist.  We are still at least a year out to complete the orders already in place and we don't want to keep adding orders at this point.

We are not able to work as long in the shop as we used to and it is taking longer to complete a production run due to health factors well beyond our control. 

We've had several people contact us saying that they had heard we are no longer building dulcimers; this is not correct. We have not retired and we are not planning on closing Blue Lion anytime soon.  We just need some time to catch up and to give our bodies some time to heal.

For those of you already on our waitlist, rest assured we are still planning on building your instruments.

Click here for our Waitlist Policy


ONLINE SALES

We are now offering online sales for books, recordings and small accessories through PayPal. Please note that you do NOT need a PayPal account to place an order; you can use your VISA, MasterCard or Discover credit card as well.

Instruments are not available for sale onlineyou must contact us by email or phone to place an order for a dulcimer or guitar).

Information about ordering online is included at the top of the Books & Recordings and the Accessories pages. 

 

 

SOLO BASS DULCIMER BOOK

SoloBass

Hot off the press! Janita's latest tablature book is a collection of 32 songs arranged for three or four string bass dulcimer.  For more information go to the Books & Recordings page.

 


Maddie's Page
Maddie

Our good friend Madeline MacNeil passed away in 2020 and we have set up a page on our website to give access to several of her mountain and hammered dulcimer books.  All of the money from Maddie's music sales goes to her favorite charities. 

click here to visit Maddie's Page 


*** CD SALE ***

All CD's are still on sale for $10.00. You can order them online and we'll get them shipped out asap! Click here to start shopping:  Books & Recordings


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