Durogi <i>Epinette des Vosges</i>
date: label: date made
content: late 1960s
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This <i>Epinette des Vosges</i> was made by Dennis Durogi in Carlinville, Illinois, in the 1960s. It is trapezoidal-shaped possibly made of cherry, with 15 metal frets, 2 heart-shaped sound holes and 4 small round sound holes, carved out pegbox with 5 wood friction tuning pegs, ornately carved tail, and rounded head.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Dennis David Durogi (1935-2017) was an artist and teacher of fine arts at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois and SUNY Freedonia in New York. After his retirement he became a master craftsman and luthier, making mountain and hammered dulcimers and psalteries.</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: Illinois, Carlinville
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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: 1996.0276.42
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 16 cm x 66 cm; 2 3/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 26 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 25 7/8 in; 5.55625 cm x 15.5575 cm x 65.7225 cm