Object Details
- Ledford, Homer
- Description
This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Homer Ledford in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1973. It is a double-bout dulcimer with a yellow poplar top and walnut sides, fingerboard, and back. It has four strings (one melody string and three drone strings), wood nut and bridge, 14 metal frets, 4 heart-shaped sound holes, 4 dark wood friction pegs, carved out pegbox, and rounded head. Inside of the dulcimer there is a printed label:
HANDMADE
BY
HOMER C. LEDFORD
WINCHESTER, KY
Guaranteed No. 2297(and handwritten on this label):
YELLOW
POPLAR TOP FROM BEREA
COLLEGE
HOWARD HALL
DORMITORY
(1867)
MODEL YP-1900
Homer C. Ledford- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1973
- ID Number
- MI.73.32
- catalog number
- 73.32
- accession number
- 304684
- Object Name
- dulcimer
- Physical Description
- yellow poplar (top material)
- walnut (sides, fingerboard, back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 33 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 85.09 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: Kentucky, Winchester
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Dulcimers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606077
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-48b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
