Appalachian Dulcimer
notes: label: Description
content: This double-bouted (hourglass shaped) Appalachian dulcimer has an unknown maker, date, and place of origin. All of its three strings are fretted on seventeen frets. The instrument is shaped very much like J. E. Thomas’s instruments but with longer shoulders and mortised ribs. The instrument is assembled with screws and nails, and its fretboard is elevated.
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: 1996.0276.28
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.28
label: collector/donor number
content: E65
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/16 in x 6 1/16 in x 35 1/2 in; 8.73125 cm x 15.39875 cm x 90.17 cm