2017 marked the 40th Anniversary of ∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments! This website will serve to inform you about the musical instruments made at ∼Cloud Nine∼, and will also provide you with some background concerning the makers, the music, and related information.

In recent decades the marimbula has appeared on recordings by musicians ranging from the Cuban roots music group Sierra Maestra to jazz great Herbie Hancock (on his Head Hunters album), from Martin Denny's Exotica to the Seattle Latin jazz combo Sonando.

∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments builds hammered dulcimers in many different models. These models can be broken down into two groups: Standard models and Chromatic models .

Inspired by the African Marimbula, a large resonating chamber with tuned metal keys, the ∼Cloud Nine∼ Marimbula uses a different shape and tuned wooden keys to produce a sound similar to the plucked upright bass.

∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments Price List Hammered Dulcimers. All hammered dulcimer models include hammers, tuning wrench, and tuning chart.

∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments The 16/16 Model. The 16/16 model is a step beyond the 15/14 standard model. This model plays in the keys of D, G, C, F, and A Major as well as relative minor keys.

∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments The 15/14 Model. This model offers three full octaves of range from D below Middle C. It plays in the major keys of D, G, C, F, A, as well as relative minor keys, and although it is not chromatic over all three octaves, it is fully chromatic in the mid range.