Who We Are

My wife, Dawn, and I started Wolf Hill Woodworking with a line of handmade hotplates and jigsaw puzzles.  

We vended at numerous craft fairs in upstate NY, but the one we looked forward to most was the Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music & Dance in the nearby village of Altamont every June.  Our booth was across from David's Dulcimers, where we learned to love both the music of the hammered dulcimer and the people who made and sold them.

I started playing the Hammered Dulcimer soon after, and like many players, I had noticed that there were numerous hammer makers, and even more hammer designs out there. 

My collection of hammers grew as I tried many different styles. It wasn’t long before I discovered that, unequivocally, Bob Bedard’s hammers were the highest quality I had ever used.  Bob is a true craftsman. 
 
We had the pleasure of meeting Bob and his lovely wife Pauline at the Winter Creek Reunion Dulcimer Festival in Bennington, OK in 2011.  We immediately hit it off and started communicating over the phone and through email.  As a fellow woodworker, I offered to help him any way I could, and Wolf Hill Woodworking started selling Bob’s hammers on eBay and at festivals we attended.  Bob offered to teach me his techniques and I spent a week in his workshop learning from him. 
 
In 2013, with Bob's blessing, I started practicing making hammers by making practice hammers, and Wolf Hill Woodworking’s felted Stealth Hammer was born.  Over the years I’ve refined my hammer making skills and we’ve built our business with the goal of continuing Bob’s legacy of producing the finest, individually hand-made hammered dulcimer hammers available, as well as our own line of stands and other folk music related products.  

Bob officially hung up his shop apron for the last time at the end of December, 2020. 

Wolf Hill Woodworking is now the only manufacturer producing genuine Bob Bedard hammers, as well as several of my own design. 

All our hammers are individually handcrafted and finished.  We’ve also designed a completely unique, fully adjustable scissor hammered dulcimer stand, a mountain dulcimer stand. We’re also making music holders for hammered and mountain dulcimers, rhythm bones, and new in 2023 - a traveling mountain dulcimer.  Dawn makes hammer cases, rhythm bone bags, and some other cool stuff. New for 2024 is a mountain dulcimer holder.

What a ride it has been since that fateful day we met Bob in 2011.  My wife and I are so grateful to Bob for his generosity, sharing his wisdom and finely-honed craft with me, and allowing me to carry on his legacy of making the finest hammers I’ve ever played with.  We wish Bob many years of happy retirement.  God bless you, brother!
 
Many blessings to all of you from Berne, New York

Ron and Dawn Jordan