A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City.

When Sam Edelston strolls onstage with a delicate three-string mountain dulcimer, audiences expect him to deliver quaint folk music. “Then I plug in, blast out ‘Smoke on the Water,’ and they go ‘Whoa, ...

It's an instrument that has found its way on some truly iconic songs, but where did the dulcimer originate from? Read more about it here.