Jon Kay's  "boat-cimer"	When Jon Kay was leaving his beloved friends in Florida to take a job in Indiana I got commissioned to build him a dulcimer as a farewell present.
	It was to be a surprise so I used our frequent casual conversations about our personal "fantasy dulcimer" to get an idea of what Jon might enjoy in this instrument. Here is the case that all his buddies signed, like a big permanent going away card.
	The instrument is mahagony body cedar top mahogany finger  board with rosewood fret board
	An engraving in the strum area has a "crying heart" and reads "From your Florida Friends"
	This shows the stylized rosettes and the scalloped fret board. You only feel strings when playing and you can bend a note by pressing harder - they require a very subtle tough. Jon's the only one I know who can make them work...;~)
	Mini - Grover tuners, zero fret and Delrin nut/string spacer.
	The cross sectional shape is sort of half an octagon only squashed - meaning the back panel is wider.
	The finger board "floats" meaning it touches down only under the bridge and at the nut area. It is also undercut at the tail piece to give more bass response.
	There is a rosewood end cap to the tail piece with string slots for ball end strings.
	The balls and windings stay out of the way and there is  no "threading the needle" when changing strings.
It has a "Pick Up The World" pick up, and a cord jack in the strap pin.
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