About Black Mountain Instruments
& Our Hand Made Dulcimers
Since 1971, Black Mountain Instruments, based in Napa Valley, California, has been making superior quality, reasonably priced dulcimers. David Johnston (that’s me!) has been building BMI dulcimers since 1977.
Black Mountain Instruments by David Johnston is proud to continue the tradition of the Mountain Dulcimer. I offer a complete line of acoustic and electric dulcimers. Plus, the best available accessories and support materials for the dulcimer, including cases, strings, songbooks and CDs. The exclusive Black Mountain handmade process insures that each dulcimer has the best tone and most beautiful finish.
After almost 40 years of manufacturing dulcimers to be sold in stores, I have decided to sell directly to my customers. You will now be able to custom order and choose shapes, sizes, types of wood, soundhole designs, etc. and at the same retail prices as before!
* See our selection of products. We do make each dulcimer by hand, so we can customize or alter our designs to your specifications.