Mac McKinney 3 Octave "Black Top" Hammered Dulcimer

Mac was, yet, another North Carolina Hammered Dulcimer Maker and a wonderful human being.  He made his home in the Boone, NC area and named his business "High Country Dulcimers."  Sadly, he passed away a few years back.  This instrument is a another fine example of Mac's work.  It is a 15/14, 3 Octave that spans from D3 to D6.  It has a Quarter-Sawn Sitka Spruce Top with a Black finish.  It features Curly Maple End Rails, Mahogany Bridges, Rock Maple Pin Blocks and a Baltic Birch Ply Back.  It has Cardinal Leaf and Vine Soundhole Rosettes.  It measures 43" along the Bottom Rail, 19" along the Top Rail, 17" from the bottom to the Top and 4 1/4" deep.  It weighs in at 14 3/4  lbs.  Mac finished this instrument in January of 1993 and it's #245.  The String spacing is 1".  It comes with a Sem-hardshell Case, Double sided hammers, a Tuning Wrench, Tuning and String Gauge Chart and a Snark Battery Powered Chromatic Tuner.