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  • Collection: The Straight-Sided Dulcimer in Tennessee

[Perry [Lewis] County Dulcimer #1]

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The current owner purchased this instrument from a collector in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

[Obion [Hardin] County Dulcimer #2]

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This instrument was passed to its current owner by his father, who had called it a "harmonica." This man was born in 1878 near Cabo in McNairy County (now Chester County). The earlier generation had moved to Tennessee from Peachland, North…

[Obion County Dulcimer #1]

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This instrument was also known as a "courting" dulcimer, since it has two fretboards on the same body, enabling two people to play duets.

[McNairy County Dulcimer #1]

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This instrument came to its current owners from a friend who had found it in a garage of a house he had bought in McNairy County, Tennessee.

[Marshall County Dulcimer #1]

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According to its current owner, this instrument was bought from John's Antiques in Meridianville, Alabama. It had been previously acquired from a flea market in Lacon, Alabama, having originally come from an estate auction in Lewisburg, Tennessee.

[Madison County Dulcimer #3]

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This instrument is held by the Old Country Store in Jackson, Tennessee. Its earlier provenance is unknown.

[Madison County Dulcimer #2]

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This instrument was acquired for the Old Country Store in Jackson, Tennessee, by one Brooks Shaw. Its earlier provenance is unknown.

[Madison County Dulcimer #1]

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The current owner purchased this instrument in October 1993 at Yarbro's Antiques Mall in Jackson, Tennessee. They did not know anything about its origin.