Object Details
- Description
- This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Clifford Glenn in Banner Elk, North Carolina, in 1964. It is a double-bout dulcimer with walnut sides, back, and fingerboard. This dulcimer has three strings (one melody and two drones), wood nut and bridge, 17 metal frets, 4 heart-shaped sound holes, 3 wooden friction pegs, carved out pegbox, and a rounded head.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor Stafford, M.D. and Margaret Stafford
- 1964
- ID Number
- 1988.0045.01
- accession number
- 1988.0045
- catalog number
- 1988.0045.01
- Object Name
- dulcimer
- Physical Description
- walnut (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 34 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 17.145 cm x 87.63 cm
- place made
- United States: North Carolina, Banner Elk
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Dulcimers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606734
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4d74-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
