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[Gibson County Dulcimer #1]

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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,…

[Gibson County Dulcimer #2]

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The current owner located this instrument at the same time as Gibson Dulcimer #1. No other information known of its origins.

[Decatur County Dulcimer #1]

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This instrument belonged to the grandmother of Charles Fiddler, whose family chiefly lived in Henderson County. "Harmonica" is written on one side of the instrument, along with an illustration of a cuckoo. On the bottom of the instrument are traces…

[Coffee County Dulcimer #1]

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This dulcimer was purchased by Paul Pyle of Tullahoma, Tennessee in the early 1970s, and later sold by his wife to David Schnaufer in 2002. It

A label affixed to the side of the instrument reads as follows:

THE HARMONICA

Mfg. & sold…

[Chester County Dulcimer #1]

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This particular instrument is believed to have originated in Chester County, Tennessee. According to Mr. Evans of Henderson County, it came down through his family, where his mother had had it all his life. Interestingly, the instrument also features…

[Giles County Dulcimer #4]

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Owned and built by Sarah Ellen Skeets Kieff (Jan. 6, 1890-Feb. 11, 1949) and her husband William Michael Kieff (Mar. 28, 1886-Sept. 25, 1949), probably in the late 1920s. At the time, they were living in Lester, Alabama (Limestone County). The…

[Giles County Dulcimer #6]

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This instrument, exhibiting a lot of noter wear, was probably built in the 1890s by Mark Page, grandfather of Alta May Page Hand, or possibly by her great-grandfather. Later owners tended to be in the Page family.

[Hamilton County Dulcimer #1]

This dulcimer was purchased by S. C. of Nashville, Tennessee, from Tom Hicks of Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He is a dulcimer builder who accepted this dulcimer in trade toward another dulcimer, and believed he had acquired it from a man who lived in…

[Hardin County Dulcimer #1]

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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,…