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[Lawrence [Wayne] County Dulcimer #7]

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The current owner of this instrument reports that it belonged to her father, Joe Lee, of Waynesboro, Tennessee, who passed away in 1953 at the age of 83. He had grown up and lived in Wayne County, He was the only person she remembered playing it,…

[Lawrence County Dulcimer #11]

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This instrument was owned by its current owner's mother, Sarah Elizabeth (Brewer).

[Lawrence County Dulcimer #12]

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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 #4]

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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 County Dulcimer #5]

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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 #6]

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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 #8]

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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…

[Madison County Dulcimer #1]

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The current owner purchased this instrument in October 1993 at Yarbro's Antiques Mall in Jackson, Tennessee. They did not know anything about its origin.

[Madison County Dulcimer #3]

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This instrument is held by the Old Country Store in Jackson, Tennessee. Its earlier provenance is unknown.