Hi all. Well first of all, I'm kinda astonished that I'm the first person to join. :D I guess not everyone has a regular look at all of the groups available, probably because they're mostly Polish, but yeah. That's kinda odd. Anyway, back to the topic in hand. The hammered dulcimer is a beautiful instrument, which definitely belongs to my all-time favourite instruments. I unfortunately can't play it myself, but I'm pretty sure that you could build some kind of Piano sounding like it. Since I can play the piano, that would be truely amazing. Anyway, an artist really standing out regarding this instrument is Joshua Messick. He has build his own "dulci forte" as he calls it, and my goodness there are some gorgeous pieces floating around! This includes solo as well as ensemble work. If you're interested, do a youtube search, and tell me what you think in this thread.
There's an instrument used in the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe soundtrack. I wonder if it could be this instrument or something else. You here it in the song evacuating london.
Hmmmm it's very faint. It does kind of sound like it, but it's extremely difficult to tell. Do you know "mary and the witch's flower" though? There, on track 2 of the soundtrack, you can hear Joshua messick playing it.
