These fine luthiers have given contest prize instruments in recent years and have representatives at the Festival:
Please thank them for their support!
Guitars
Bourgeois Guitars, Lewiston, ME
Collings Guitars, Inc., Austin, TX
J. W. Gallagher & Son Wartrace, TN
Jean Larrivee Guitars, Inc. Oxnard, CA
Martin Guitar Company, Nazareth, PA
Taylor Guitars, El Cajon, CA
Mandolins
Clark Mandolins, Boise, ID
Collings Guitars, Inc., Austin, TX
Eastman Guitars & Mandolins, Polmona, CA
Ellis Mandolins, Austin, TX
Violins
Beautiful Music Violin Shop, Lawrence, KS
Hammer Dulcimers
~Cloud Nine~ Musical Instruments, Michael C. Allen Ostrander, OH
Russell Cook/MasterWorks, Bennington, OK
Mike Huddleson Stringed Instruments, Wichita, KS
Mountain Dulcimers
The Dulcimer Shoppe/McSpadden Dulcimers, Mountain View, AR
Autoharps
d’Aigle Autoharps, Pete Daigle SeaTac, WA
The Dulcimer Shoppe/McSpadden Dulcimers, Mountain View, AR
Oscar Schmidt, Buffalo Grove, IL
Whippoorwill Acoustics, Columbia, IN
Banjos
Deering Banjo Co., Spring Valley, CA
Ome Banjos, Boulder, CO
Nechville Banjos, Bloomington, MN