[Shelby County Dulcimer #1]

[Shelby County Dulcimer #1]

The current owner acquired this instrument at a flea market in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shelby-1

Shelby County, Tennessee

C

B., Memphis, Tennessee

S. Conatser

28" x 12 1/2" x 3 1/2"

26 3/8" x 1 5/8" x 1 3/8"

poplar top and bottom; pine sides; sides are beaded ceiling panels (type of wood made in 1870s-1880s); mitered corners; 1/4" wood; 2 small metal pieces hammered into fretboard in front of first fret; sound holes are beveled from the inside; 2 soundholes are elongated; 15 frets (1/2" long staples); 6th fret has been filed off and moved forward; numbers appear to have been penciled in on fretboard