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[Lawrence County Dulcimer #12]
The current owner bought this instrument for 25 cents from his uncle, Whiz Gamble, before which it was stored in a barn.
[Lawrence County Dulcimer #2]
This instrument was owned by David Schnaufer, and dates from the early twentieth century. Its unusual sound hole is identical to that of another instrument owned by G. of Pulaski, Tennessee. Given the unusual height of the bridge and nut, this…
[Lawrence County Dulcimer #5]
This instrument belonged to the current owner's grandmother, Emma Petty Richardson (1880s?-1948), who was originally from Giles County. She called it a "music box," played it some for her grandchildren, sitting and holding it across her knees.
[Lawrence County Dulcimer #8]
This dulcimer was built by the accordionist Daniel McGee, who lived between West Point and Piney, Tennessee, probably in the late 1800s. His daughter, Beatrice McGee, was born in 1904, and had the box in later years, passing it on to its current…
[Lawrence County Dulcimer #9]
This instrument bears a label on its back as well as a stenciled "HARMONICA" in its front.
[Madison County Dulcimer #2]
This instrument was acquired for the Old Country Store in Jackson, Tennessee, by one Brooks Shaw. Its earlier provenance is unknown.
[Marshall County Dulcimer #1]
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.
[McNairy County Dulcimer #1]
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.
[Obion [Hardin] County Dulcimer #2]
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…
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[Obion County Dulcimer #1]
This instrument was also known as a "courting" dulcimer, since it has two fretboards on the same body, enabling two people to play duets.