Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley

 
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Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley
Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley
Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley
Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley

Dulcimer, Four String - Ed Stilley

Object numberOSHTL2016.029.01
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Glass, Marbles, Bone
Dimensions33 1/2 × 6 × 4 1/2 in. (85.1 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Mary Jane Rohr
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    DescriptionA dark brown wooden dulcimer with marbles surrounding the sound hole. There is no writing carved into the instrument. Inside the dulcimer are a spring and unidentified metal piece. This instrument was constructed during Ed's Early Creation Period.

    Ed Stilley was born in 1930 in Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas and grew up in a religious household. He married Eliza Miller in 1959, and they had five children. Ed worked as a farmer at his Ozark homestead to support his family and continued his preaching. In 1979, Ed began making musical instruments to give to children. With no formal training Ed made his instruments with simple hand tools, wood scraps, and items such as pot lids, springs, and saw blades. Over the course of twenty-five years Ed has made two-hundred one-of-a-kind instruments including guitars, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos.
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