List of Appalachian dulcimer players

Musicians who play (or played) the Appalachian dulcimer as a primary instrument.

• Richard Fariña
• Robert Force. Pioneer of the standing up, overhand style of playing
• Bing Futch won the "Best Guitar" (Solo/Duo) award at the 2016 International Blues Challenge while competing on the mountain dulcimer. He has released numerous albums, published instructional books for the instrument and performs regularly at festivals and music venues across the United States. He is from Orlando Florida.
• Margaret MacArthur, folk music historian, musician and dulcimer instructor, introduced the mountain dulcimer to many folk musicians in the 1960s.
• Guitarist John Pearse, an early British enthusiast of the mountain dulcimer, was one of the first to introduce the dulcimer to English folk clubs in the 1960s.
• Randy Raine-Reusch released numerous recordings of dulcimer before he played "Dulcimer Stomp" on the Aerosmith album Pump (1989). He recorded another version of "Dulcimer Stomp" on his world fusion group's self titled album ASZA (1995).^[1] He has recently re-released four early recordings featuring the dulcimer.
• Jean Ritchie
• Kevin Roth
• Nashville-based David Schnaufer recorded with The Judds, Kathy Mattea, Johnny Cash, and Mark O'Connor. Schnaufer was a historian of the instrument and the world's first dulcimer professor; he served as Adjunct Associate Professor of Dulcimer at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music from 1995 to his death in 2006.^[2]
• Stephen Seifert of Nashville. A popular presence at American folk music festivals, Seifert also performs with classical symphonies around the United States.
• Virgil Sturgill, active in the 1950s.