If you are interested in learning to play the hammered dulcimer and live in the Greater Lehigh Valley area, Kirk does take interested students.
He would prefer students that already have some ability to read basic music notation. You should know or understand:
the notes of the treble staff
the difference in time signatures (4/4, 2/4, 6/8, etc.)
the rhythmic difference in whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes.