Dulcimer

Four-string hourglass-shaped lap dulcimer with four hearts and four curved triangles for sound holes, made by Walter and Paul Miller. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1339.

Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.

Four-string hourglass shaped lap dulcimer with four heart-shaped sound holes. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1535.

Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.

Four-string hourglass shaped lap dulcimer with wire frets on fingerboard and four heart-shaped sound holes, made by Walter Miller. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1533.

Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.