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to buy a dulcimer made by a musical craftsman who formerly belonged to the Rush River Artisans Cooperative. “The guy was putting one together—it was halfway through, the first one I’d ever seen. He gave me a set of plans and talked me into building my own," Wood said.
Bob Treanor is the old timer in the group as far as playing music goes. A counselor with the Rappahannock mental health clinic who lives with his wife Katheryn in Amissville, he's been playing the guitar for 17 years and was once apprenticed to a fretted dulcimer builder.
His wife is also learning to play a hammer dulcimer, “which I built!” said Treanor, making a face at Wood in a pretent taunt.
“I put some windows in my house. They look real nice,” joked Hudson, the only one of the three not able to add the accomplishment of musical craftsman to his talents as a musician.
Since Treanor, Hudson and Wood joined forces, they’ve played at Sursum Corda's annual talent show, Skyland and the contra dancing that used to be held every other weekend at the Sperryville fire hall. The dancing has now moved to Washington’s community center due to a conflict with the fire department's turkey shoots.
“It was hard to hear the music over the guns,” Wood noted. “We lost a guitar player," joked Hudson.
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