[Lawrence [Wayne] County Dulcimer #13]

[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 owner's great-grandfather, one Gallaher. The owner remembers it from childhood, but no one knew its origin.

Lawrence-13

Lawrence County

Wayne County

C

M., West Point, Tennessee

West Point, Tennessee

D. Schnaufer; S. Conatser

27 1/2" x 13 1/8" x 3 5/8"

26 1/2" x 1 7/16" x 1 3/8"

poplar top; pine back; back unfinished with small portion cut out; leather feet; fretboard scalloped with 5 scallops on each side; 5 sound holes on each side, alternating; top and sides decorated; 14 frets under 1 of 4 strings (piano wire, 20 gauge); 4 eye screw tuners (small: 5/8"); numbers on fretboard; mitred corners.