Scheitholt on display at General Lewis Inn

Archive Reference: GM S1323 and GM S1324

Description: Two similar images of scheitholt from a collection displayed at General Lewis Inn in Lewisburg, WV. The instrument features a slight trapezoid-shaped body, six wooden tuning pegs, staple frets, one star-shaped and four cherry-shaped sound holes.

Photographed by: Gerry Milnes

Date: January 1989

Location: Lewisburg, WV

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.

Categories: Dulcimer, Milnes Collection Photography, Traditional Music
Tags: #dulcimer, #instrumentcollections, #OldTime, #Scheitholt, #Storytelling, #Traditions

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