Lap dulcimer with hourglass shape made from chestnut wood by Stewart Blake from Braxton County, WV. The instrument features wire frets, diamond-shaped sound holes, and 10 smaller holes across the length of the body. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1989, Braxton County, WV. archive reference: GM S1360. 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.
