Plickett Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Tennessee Dulcimer Works, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Tennessee Dulcimer Works, in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1976. It is a Plickett brand double-bout dulcimer painted red, white, and blue, with a wood nut and bridge, 14 metal frets, 4 star-shaped sound holes, carved out pegbox with 3 wood friction tuning pegs, and a rectangular-shaped head. This dulcimer was made in commemoration of the United States Bicentennial. There is a decal of the Bicentennial logo designed by Bruce N. Blackburn just below the fretboard. There is a metal tag on the top of the dulcimer:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TENNESSEE DULCIMER WORKS<br>NASHVILLE</p>
label: Description
content: <p>There is a printed tag on the inside of the dulcimer:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Officially Recognized<br>Commemorative of the<br>American Revolution<br>Bicentennial Administration.<br>Authorized under Public Law<br>93-179. License No. 76-19-0531.</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: Tennessee, Nashville
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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: 1996.0276.39
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.39
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 24 in; 4.445 cm x 11.7475 cm x 60.96 cm