Ledford Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Ledford, Homer
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Homer Ledford in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1973. It is a double-bout dulcimer with a yellow poplar top and walnut sides, fingerboard, and back. It has four strings (one melody string and three drone strings), wood nut and bridge, 14 metal frets, 4 heart-shaped sound holes, 4 dark wood friction pegs, carved out pegbox, and rounded head. Inside of the dulcimer there is a printed label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HANDMADE<br>BY<br>HOMER C. LEDFORD<br>WINCHESTER, KY<br>Guaranteed No. 2297</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and handwritten on this label):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>YELLOW<br>POPLAR TOP FROM BEREA<br>COLLEGE<br> HOWARD HALL<br>DORMITORY<br>(1867)<br>MODEL YP-1900<br> Homer C. Ledford</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Winchester
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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.73.32
label: catalog number
content: 73.32
label: accession number
content: 304684
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: yellow poplar (top material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (sides, fingerboard, back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 85.09 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm