Greenville Retiree Strikes a Chord Building Mountain Dulcimers

Tom Jones likes knowing he can take a piece of wood that would have otherwise been cut up or discarded and turn it into an object that produces beautiful music. For the last 45 years, Tom has been crafting mountain dulcimers by hand.

This Greenville retiree has built upwards of 30 dulcimers, each taking around 20 hours of labor to make. Over the years, he’s created these unique instruments from different door.

He says the craftsmanship really intrigues him, and he enjoys how the dulcimers can vary in tone depending on which materials are used. To this day, he dotes on the musical instruments that he keeps inside his patio home at Rolling Green Village senior living community in Greenville. His active lifestyle is music to the ears of a community that takes pride in having a vibrant culture for seniors.

Most recently he created and donated a dulcimer for the community’s anniversary celebration. It includes the tree of life in the sound hold of the instrument.