Hex Dulcimer, KY/WV

Hex Dulcimer, KY/WV

This instrument was purchased by David Schnaufer in 1994 from an unnamed woman who had purchased it in Ashland, Kentucky. The maker, date, and place are unknown, but a possible "mate" to this instrument is held at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. Schnaufer played this instrument often during his lifetime.

Audio files:
"Pretty Little Cripple Creek"
"Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"

DS-6

West Virginia

Kentucky

E

Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee

S. Conatser, Z. Law

33 1/4" x 7 3/4" x 2 1/8"

yellow poplar; hourglass-shaped dulcimer; upper bout is angular rather than curved; no nails; paint/stain chipping; headstock a carved scroll; pegs are hand-carved walnut, straight, not tapered; two pegs identical and larger than the third; solid fretboard; nut and bridge appear to be ebony; instrument fretted under one string; 14 frets, wire staples; sound holes are hearts, pointing in opposite directions; lightly incised hex signs on front and back; instrument in good condition