Singleton Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Singleton, W. C.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by William C. Singleton in Viper, Kentucky, 1939. It is a single-bout dulcimer, with a wood nut and bridge, 4 strings (1 melody and 3 done), 16 metal frets, 2 heart-shaped sound holes and 4 small round sound holes on body, 2 round sound holes on fretboard, carved out pegbox with 4 wooden friction pages, and rounded head. There is an index card taped to the back of the dulcimer with typed text:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>C 7 single bout Smith D 60 p. 75<br>1 of 4 strings fretted on 16 frets, hearts turned up to xx<br>possibly played held up with pegs down</p>
label: Description
content: <p>and (label inside right sound hole):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”Viper, KY, W. C. Singleton<br>No. of dulcimer 83/August 2, 1939, my age 79 years"<br>Contributed to the Anne Grimes collection by the New York<br>Public Library 1952<br>Singleton was a friend and neighbor of the famous Ritchie<br>family, traditional dulcimer players and singers who also<br>told Mrs. Grimes that "Will Singleton sometimes made large<br>box type dulcimers known in Ohio as "scantlin's" (also<br>included in Grimes collection)."</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Anne Grimes (1912-2004) was an American journalist, musician, and historian of American (particularly Midwestern) folklore. Grimes studied voice and piano at Ohio Wesleyan and initiated graduate studies at Ohio State University. Following her education, Grimes was a music teacher, music and dance critic, and radio host. After WWII, Grimes began collecting and documenting folk songs throughout Ohio, as well as collecting Appalachian dulcimers and zithers. She would continue this work, performing, recording, and lecturing on instruments from her collection throughout the rest of her career.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Viper
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Smith, L. Allen. Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0276.16
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.16
label: collector/donor number
content: D60
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 34 3/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 15.875 cm x 88.265 cm