[Decatur County Dulcimer #1]

[Decatur County Dulcimer #1]

This instrument belonged to the grandmother of Charles Fiddler, whose family chiefly lived in Henderson County. "Harmonica" is written on one side of the instrument, along with an illustration of a cuckoo. On the bottom of the instrument are traces of a checkerboard.

Decatur-1

Decatur County, Tennessee

C

F., Lexington, Tennessee

examined at the home of Ellis Truitt

S. Conatser, D. Carpenter

1993-10-15

27 1/8" x 13 1/4" x 3 5/16"

27 1/16" x 1 5/16" x 1 3/8"

red flowers and red on edges; yellow sides; words and bird look drawn with pencil; checkerboard on back of instrument; 15 frets; 4 strings; autoharp replacement tuners; red numbers by frets; 1/2" thickness of bottom and top faces; no scallops on fretboard; heavy pick wear near end of fretboard