Dulcimer
- Object Name:
- Dulcimer
- Object ID:
- 1974.065
- Place of Origin:
- Liberty Center, OH
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Hammered dulcimer, in trapezoidal wooden box with hinged cover. Painted graining on exterior. Interior painted mustard color. Two sound holes, each with six small holes around it. 12 courses of strings, 4 strings per course. Two broken pieces of hammer. Attributed to Elon Hackett (1804-1890) or his son, J. Wheeler Hackett (1835-1908), Liberty Center, OH. Owned in Indiana.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4.6 W-43.4 D-14.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Handwritten note inside box: "A Dolcimer - formerly the property of Mrs. Pius Krieg - mother of Marshall Ellet. This instrument is over 150 yrs. old & was widely used in the early 19th century." Marshall Ellet (1888-1965) was the son of Arden Ellet and Caroline Beamler (1865-1951) of Huntington, IN. Caroline's second husband was Pius Lawrence Krieg (1858-1936), also of Huntington.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire HIstorical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Stringed instruments
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