Browse Items (1 total) Tags: bowed Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Bowed Dulcimer, by Sylvan James, Gass[a]way, West Virginia This instrument was built in 1969 by Sylvan James of Gassaway, WV. In Gerald Milnes's 1999 book Play of a Fiddle, James is described as a "pre-Revival Braxton County dulcimer maker, Lower Mill Creek." Tags: bowed, hourglass-shaped dulcimer, not footed, sound holes heart-shaped Featured Item [Decatur County Dulcimer #2] This instrument was manufactured by one J. W. Ashcraft, who called it a "harmonica".