[Hickman County Dulcimer #1]
Title
[Hickman County Dulcimer #1]
Description
The owner of this instrument--whose mother (b. 1885) called it a "harmonica"--reported that it was in kept in the house of her grandmother, Mattie Lowe Petty. She in turn had come from Ohio in a covered wagon to Maury County, then to Hickman County.
Identifier
Hickman-1
Coverage
Hickman County, Tennessee
Dulcimer type
C
Owner
S.
Dimensions--overall
27" x 11" x 3 3/8"
Dimensions--fretboard
26 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2"
Physical description
unknown wood type; red/orange/white stain pattern; 15 frets; 3 original tuners; one scallop in the fretboard at a sound hole; large sound hole positioned behind fretboard
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“[Hickman County Dulcimer #1],” Appalachian Dulcimer Archive, accessed October 1, 2023, https://dulcimerarchive.omeka.net/items/show/19.