Radford Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: maker
content: Radford, Lewis A.
notes: label: Description
content: This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Lewis Radford in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, in 1969. It is a single-bout dulcimer, with four strings (one melody string, two drone strings, and one string with an unknown purpose), metal nut and bridge, 12 metal frets, two f-shaped sound holes, 4 dark wood friction pegs, carved out pegbox, and rounded head.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
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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.70.04
label: catalog number
content: 70.04
label: accession number
content: 304682
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 9/16 in x 7 1/4 in x 35 1/4 in; 9.049 cm x 18.415 cm x 89.535 cm