Appalachian Dulcimer
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by an unknown maker, possibly eastern Tennessee or North Carolina, undetermined date. It is a single-bout dulcimer, crudely made, with 14 metal frets, 2 diamond-shaped sound holes on body and 3 round sound holes on fretboard, carved out pegboard for 3 friction pegs, and unusual head without a scroll.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Collector Anne Grimes said on November 14, 1974, “This is from Churchill, Tennessee, and I suppose that must be what I put down as Breedlove dulcimer.” William Breedlove was popularly known as the musician “Unaka Bill” and collected instruments in the areas of eastern Tennessee and western Virginia to sell to antique dealers and collectors of musical instruments. There is an index card taped to the back with typed text:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>C 6 single bout Smith D 45 p. 68<br>3 of 3 strings fretted on 14 frets<br>painted black, dated Oct. 20, 1899, rough construction,<br>hollow finger board, without cut belly, deep sound box and<br>downward sloping tuning head without a scroll. Collected<br>eastern Tenn.</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
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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: 1996.0276.15
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.15
label: collector/donor number
content: D45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 31 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 17.4625 cm x 80.01 cm