Wade Martin Appalachian Dulcimer
name: label: maker
content: Martin, Wade
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Wade Martin in Swannanoa, North Carolina, undetermined date. It is a single-bout dulcimer made of sumac wood, with a wood nut and bridge, 15 metal frets, 2 stylized diamond-shaped sound holes, carved out pegbox with 4 wooden friction tuning pegs, and a violin-like head.<p>
label: Description
content: <p>Marcus Martin was one of the Smokey Mountains’ best-known fiddlers and a traditional fiddle maker. His son, Wade, a professional baseball player, apprenticed with his father, also became a noted instrument maker. Collector Anne Grimes considered their instruments among the best. This was Grimes’ first dulcimer and her performance instrument for many years.</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: North Carolina, Swannanoa
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0276.40
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 6 in x 31 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 15.24 cm x 80.01 cm