Slate-neck banjo
Archive Reference: GM S1405 Description: Long, slate neck banjo from Madison, Boone County WV, in Patty Looman’s extensive instrument collection. […]
Gerry Milnes Collection
Lap dulcimer made by Basil Blake
Archive Reference: GM S1342 Description: Lap dulcimer made by Basil Blake, found near the Oil Creek area of Braxton County,
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Transitional sheitholt/dulcimer
Archive Reference: GM S1330 and GM S1336 Description: Two nearly identical images of an instrument owned by Gerry Milnes, and
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Back of fiddle made by Clyde Howes
Archive Reference: GM S1408 Description: Back of a fiddle made by Clyde Howes from Upshur County. Clyde Howes was known
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Cartwright fiddle in Patty Looman’s instrument collection
Archive Reference: GM S1397 Description: Fiddle made by a Cartright at Mannington, WV, from Patty Looman’s instrument collection. Photographed by: Gerry
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Cigar-box fiddle from Patty Looman’s collection
Archive Reference: GM S1398 Description: Hand crafted cigar-box fiddle made in Wetzel County, WV. The instrument is from Patty Looman’s
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Paul McKinney’s dulcimer
Archive Reference: GM S1243 Description: Paul McKinney’s hourglass-shaped lap dulcimer was made by Roy McKinney, Freeman McKinney’s father, from Enoch
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Cigar box fiddle from Patty Looman’s collection
Archive Reference: GM S1396 Description: Hand crafted cigar-box fiddle from Wetzel County WV; from Patty Looman instrument collection.. Photographed by: Gerry
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Uke from 1933 in Patty Looman’s collection
Archive Reference: GM S1400 Description: Depression-era ukelele made by Lloyd on 1-7-1933 from Patty Looman’s extensive instrument collection. Photographed by: Gerry
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Tortoise-shell string instrument from Patty Looman’s collection
Archive Reference: GM S1399 Description: Home-made tortoise shell burlap back string instrument from Patty Looman’s extensive collection. Photographed by: Gerry Milnes
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