Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: Date made
content: 1848 - 1855
name: label: user
content: Hammack, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This Appalachian dulcimer was made by an unknown maker in Clendenin, West Virginia between 1848 and 1855. It has two bouts, four strings (two melody strings and two drone strings), 17 metal frets, 4 sets of three-circle sound holes, 4 wooden friction pegs, and a rounded head with center hole. This dulcimer was previously owned and used by Charles Hammack, a preacher in Clendenin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Clendenin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Dulcimers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Gloria M. Hammack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0175
label: catalog number
content: 65.0175
label: accession number
content: 256310
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm