Our Rental Program

Want to Rent a Mountain or Hammered Dulcimer?

Would you like to try your hand at playing a mountain or hammered dulcimer before investing in the full price of an instrument? Or perhaps you don't have the cash for an instrument purchase, but you've already signed up for classes? Now you can attend your classes and start learning to play right away with minimum financial outlay. June Apple Dulcimers offers convenient rental hammered and mountain dulcimer options to prospective players in the continental United States.

Here's How it Works:

1. You pay a minimum first two months rental fee, a security deposit, and the shipping fee up front. These costs vary by instrument (see "Our Rental Instruments"). There is no shipping fee if you pick up the instrument from our shop in the Washington, DC area. The security deposit is refundable upon return of the instrument, or it may be used toward the purchase of an instrument.

2. We send you your rental package and you get started playing!

3. At the end of the minimum two-month rental period, if you wish to continue renting, you will be charged your monthly rental fee each month that you have the instrument in your possession. You may return the instrument and accessories at any time after the minimum two-month rental period and your deposit will be returned to you.

4. At any time up to and including the designated rental credit period, where accumulated rental fees can be applied toward the purchase of an instrument (4 months for mountain dulcimers and 6 months for hammered dulcimers), you may apply your rental fees and deposit toward the purchase of a June Apple Dulcimers instrument or the rental instrument. After the rental credit period has ended, you may continue renting but subsequent rental fees cannot be applied toward the purchase of an instrument.

If you choose to purchase a June Apple dulcimer that needs to be custom crafted, you may continue renting while it is being built and all additional rental fees will be applied toward your instrument order.

Please note that you are responsible for shipping the instrument and accessories back to us when being returned, so we recommend keeping the shipping box and packing materials. We do not pay for returning the instrument.

Returned rental instruments should be shipped to June Apple Dulcimers, 1285 Old Landing Road, Accokeek, MD 20607. You may use the shipping carrier of your choice, such as, USPS, UPS, or FedEx.