10 Jan Walter Messick Has Passed

Walter Messick passed away on February 28, 2022, and his formal obituary is at https://www.dispatch.com/obituaries/b0058918. He was primarily a creator and seller of handcrafted dulcimers, and his instruments won numerous awards and were sold around the world.
He also made a variety of other folk instruments including the uniquely shaped rhythm bones shown in the photograph above. In a story in our newsletter, he said. “ I made a jig for my band saw where I could cut hundreds at a time, and then sanded and finished them. I made thousands of pairs of bones selling them at craft shows and later on my website.”