Object Details
- Description
- This double-bouted (hourglass shaped) Appalachian dulcimer has an unknown maker, date, and place of origin. All of its three strings are fretted on seventeen frets. The instrument is shaped very much like J. E. Thomas’s instruments but with longer shoulders and mortised ribs. The instrument is assembled with screws and nails, and its fretboard is elevated.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1996.0276.28
- accession number
- 1996.0276
- catalog number
- 1996.0276.28
- collector/donor number
- E65
- Object Name
- dulcimer
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/16 in x 6 1/16 in x 35 1/2 in; 8.73125 cm x 15.39875 cm x 90.17 cm
- place made
- United States
- Related Publication
- Smith, L. Allen. Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Dulcimers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_608133
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4054-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
