Appalachian Dulcimer
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by an unknown maker in either Virginia or Tennessee, undetermined date. It is a single-bout dulcimer painted black with red decoration and purfling, wavy lines on the ribs, lines on the tuning head, and dots and crosses on the belly, unfinished back, three strings, 15 metal frets, 8 round sound holes on the body and 4 round sound holes on the fretboard, carved out pegbox notched at the base to function as nut, 3 wooden friction pegs, and a scroll-like head.</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: 1996.0276.14
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.14
label: collector/donor number
content: D44
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 5/8 in x 32 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 16.8275 cm x 83.185 cm