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melody
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - May 11 2016 :  2:25:24 PM  Show Profile


Anybody know what this is? It came from an individual who also owned a harp and a bowed psaltery.

Thank you ladies!

Melody

quiltee
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Linda
Terrell TX
USA
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Posted - May 11 2016 :  2:29:00 PM  Show Profile  Send quiltee a Yahoo! Message
That is a Dulcimer. It is a mountain dulcimer. I've often thought about getting one. You can make beautiful music with it.

You can read about it here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer

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Linda O
Lone Oak, TX

"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."

Edited by - quiltee on May 11 2016 2:29:34 PM
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl

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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - May 11 2016 :  2:42:29 PM  Show Profile
Thank you Linda!

Melody
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quiltee
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Linda
Terrell TX
USA
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Posted - May 11 2016 :  3:00:05 PM  Show Profile  Send quiltee a Yahoo! Message
You are welcome, Melody.

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Farmgirl #1919
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Linda O
Lone Oak, TX

"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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sherone_13
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Sherone
Evanston WY
USA
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Posted - May 12 2016 :  07:27:17 AM  Show Profile
Yep, a mountain dulcimer. I have one as well. I play it with a whittled stick.

Sherone

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Bonnie Ellis
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Bonnie
Minneapolis Minnesota
USA
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Posted - May 12 2016 :  6:53:39 PM  Show Profile
It looks just like one of the four we own. So much fun to hear Scott's-Irish folk music played on them. They use them a lot in the Apalachian mountains.we used to know a maker. I made a quilt for them which they used at folk festivals. My husband and sons each made their own. I really enjoyed the festivals.

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Rosemary
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Virginia
USA
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Posted - May 22 2016 :  2:28:59 PM  Show Profile
That's a lovely dulcimer. Do you know what woods it's made from?
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