
A first-hand report on an effort to enlarge our knowledge of the Appalachian dulcimer's history by searching the hills and 'hollers' of Appalachia, looking at old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks.

This book describes the recovery of the Appalachian dulcimer's lost history, tracing the dulcimer's roots in a German instrument, the scheitholt; describing the early history of the scheitholt and the dulcimer in America, and outlining the development of distinctive...
