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[Lawrence County Dulcimer #6]
This instrument originally belonged to the mother of the current owner, Rhoda Hood Newton, who had had it since before she was married. She was born in 1890 in Grassy, Alabama, and moved to Lawrence County when young. The current owner does not…
[Lawrence County Dulcimer #4]
David Schnaufer purchased this instrument from Carriage House Antiques in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, in the early 1990s. The instrument itself dates from the late 1800s, and although it is not signed, its likely builder is T. R. Goodman, as at least…
[Lawrence [Wayne] County Dulcimer #13]
This instrument was strung by Henry Beckman with piano wire. It was found in a house that was built in 1895 on Chesum Creek, in western Lawrence County. A log house was at this location before the 1895 house was built, a homestead of the current…
[Lawrence [Wayne] County Dulcimer #10]
This instrument was bought for $1.00 by the current owner from his aunt, who in turn had received from her husband, Charlie Gamble, who had bought it from a traveler who built such dulcimers in 1890. The purchase took place in Holly Creek in…
[Hardin County Dulcimer #2]
The current owner of this instrument reported that this instrument was given to his mother (b. 1906) when she was 13-14 years old by one Edna Garner, from Hardin County. The builder of this instrument reportedly made another like it. This particular…
[Hardin County Dulcimer #1]
The previous owner, James Brady from Lexington, Kentucky, got this dulcimer from Crump, Tennessee, HW 64 between Adamsville and Savannah, Hardin County. It was found in the attic of a red log house near Shiloh National Park. Mr. Brady sanded it,…
[Giles County Dulcimer #3]
Found in a barn about 60 years ago, in Giles County in the Shores community, this dulcimer was probably made by Jasper Freeman, the current owner's great-grandfather.
[Gibson County Dulcimer #1]
The current owner purchased this instrument at an antique store in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. The manager of the store knew nothing of this dulcimer's origin.
The top of the instrument was taken off at some point, then reattached via nailing,…
[Decatur County Dulcimer #2]
This instrument was manufactured by one J. W. Ashcraft, who called it a "harmonica".
[Davidson County Dulcimer #2]
Bought for $8.00 at a yard sale on Woodmont Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee. No other information given.
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[Decatur County Dulcimer #2]
This instrument was manufactured by one J. W. Ashcraft, who called it a "harmonica".