Amburgey Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1930
name: label: maker
content: Amburgey, Jethro
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Jethro Amburgey in Hindman, Kentucky in 1930. It is a double-bout dulcimer, with three strings (one melody string and two drone strings), wood nut and bridge, 17 metal frets, 4 heart-shaped sound holes, 3 wood friction pegs, craved out pegbox, and a rounded head. The dulcimer has a handwritten label on the inside:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>#24<br>Jethro Amburgey<br>Settlement School,<br>Hindman, Ky<br>Nov. 13 - 1930</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Hindman
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.03
label: catalog number
content: 70.03
label: accession number
content: 304683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 32 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 14.605 cm x 82.8675 cm