Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society
Instruments

The Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society's live performances are strictly acoustic to preserve the richness of the acoustic instruments and maintain the natural sound. However, we use microphone sound reinforcement to amplify both voice and instruments when playing in larger areas. The Folk Society musicians each play a variety of stringed instruments common to American folk music -- 6 and 12-string guitar, resonator guitar (Dobro), Weissenborn guitar, fiddle, bass, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, autoharp, and mountain and hammered dulcimer -- plus other folk instruments including harmonica, recorder, octave mandolin and a variety of hand-held percussion.

Click the names below to get more information on the folk instruments
used by the LVFMS performing artists.

Acoustic Guitar (6-and 12-String)		Autoharp
Bluegrass Banjo		Open-Back Banjo
Appalachian Dulcimer		Hammered Dulcimer
Bass Guitar		Mandolin
Recorder		Octave Mandolin
Ukelele		Tenor Banjo
Blues Harp		Dobro (Resonator Guitar)
Fiddle		Weissenborn Guitar
Percussion

                                                       

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