The Instruments of Homer Ledford
Dulcimer Numbers 1 to 1000 (updated 1/22/2012)
(Listing Incomplete)
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Southern Highlanders Inc Guild
Shop |
5th Ave |
New York |
NY |
Old back |
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1946 |
Jul |
10 |
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Southern Highlanders Inc Guild
Shop |
5th Ave |
New York |
NY |
Old back |
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1946 |
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Ritchie, Edna |
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[number starred] Repaired for her
2-14-04 - original owner? |
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1946 |
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Tennessee, Univ of |
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Knoxville |
TN |
[Teardrop-shaped body, notch in
head of peg box] Wood (top) yellow poplar from Indian Fields Hotel - Clark
Co., Ky. Over 100 yr old. |
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1947 |
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Nadel, Eddie |
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Chicago |
IL |
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6 |
1947 |
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Poden, Dean S |
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Atlanta |
GA |
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1947 |
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Stall, Martha Jean |
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Louisville |
KY |
Old back, 2-pc back matched
(special). Lives in Ky |
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1947 |
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Kanai, Lincoln |
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HI |
[Teardrop body], all black walnut,
matched back joint inlaid - butternut top |
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1947 |
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Hemphill, Jean |
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Far Rockaway |
NY |
[number circled] Exhibit dulcimer.
[teardrop body, specialy curved pegbox], 2 piece inlaid back, all curly walnut except butternut top,
4 string. Do not duplicate! |
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Wray, Mrs
Frank |
116 Van Sickle Grove |
Berea |
KY |
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1955 |
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Hunt, Mrs
Roberta |
1529 Teakwood Ave |
Cincinnati |
OH |
Diamond-shaped sound holes.
7/22/75. Repaired (rebuilt) June 1975 |
249 |
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Brock, Jane Marvin |
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Caldwell, Mrs
Joseph A |
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Blountville |
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Terry Conners |
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Lexington, KY |
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7/28/2020
I have a Ledford-signed Winchester dulcimer, unnumbered, also with
a tapered peg head like my #1597. That one has equidistant strings and a
dowel end. Staple frets with long third fret. White pine too, otherwise black
walnut. Heart sound holes. Diamond sound holes. I guess the lack of
number combined with the Winchester notation and peg head style would place
it ~1955-56?? (That would be interesting - I also own a Jethro Amburgey from 1955, #292. Fun to compare the two.) |
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Bentley, Sylvia |
2052 Manor Dr |
Lexington |
KY |
Resold May 1988 at Cincinnati,
Ohio, to Maureen Griffin, 6448 Gracely Dr,
Cincinnati, OH 45233 |
651 |
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11/17/2008 I have a
Homer Ledford dulcimer #651. I purchased it in
a musical instrument store in Mexico City about 1963. The
owner thought it was brought in by a diplomat (from an undisclosed country)
who was given the instrument when he visited Kentucky. The
sound hole design is diamond....good condition but a
small crack in the one edge side. |
684 |
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Schiller, Mrs
J |
7257 N Layman Ave |
Indianapolis |
IN |
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690 |
1963 |
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Shipped 6/7/71 |
700 |
1963 |
Jul |
24 |
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Heart-shaped sound holes. Shipped
6/18/71 |
726 |
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Poteat,
Clarissa |
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Greenville |
SC |
7/17/11 I own one of
Homer Ledfords dulcimers (#726). It was purchased in 1963 by my
parents at the Southern Highlands Crafts Guild Show in Asheville. My
name is Clarissa Poteat Crain and I live in
Greenville SC. |
734 |
1963 |
Dec |
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Wood, Sheila |
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746 |
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1/26/2007 I am the
original owner of Homer Ledford's dulcimer number 746. My parents bought it
for me in the early 1960s at the "Traipsin'
Woman" Festival at Jenny Wiley State Park. It is a three-stringed model
with simple diamond sound holes and staple-type frets. The body appears to be
butternut and the original friction pegs are of rosewood. |
752 |
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From Denmark. Phone 593-3572. Sold
at same time as #2056 |
813 |
1964 |
Sep |
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Sold at same time as #2055 |
817 |
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3/31/2009 Mr.
Ledford's dulcimer #817 was purchased by Harold and Janet Kohn, who then
lived in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. They bought it in Gatlinburg. |
840 |
1964 |
Dec |
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846 |
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1/21/2009 I have a
Homer Ledford dulcimer signed 'Homer C. Ledford #846, Winchester, KY'. It
was bought new by a fellow from a crafts sale in 1964. I acquired it
approximately 1970 and played it quite a bit. It has 14 frets and no 6
1/2. The two bottom strings are fretted. The soundholes
are diamond shaped. It was damaged at some point and was repaired by
Keith Davis, luthier from Hammond, LA in 2007. He stated the top was
butternut with the repairs being in walnut. The tuning pegs are
rosewood. The back was thought to be curly black walnut. It is an
hour glass shape with a curved peg head.
It has a one piece back. |
867 |
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Richardson, Ken |
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896 |
1965 |
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Phone 299-4988 |
927 |
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Strode, Mrs
Billy |
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Winchester |
KY |
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978 |
1965 |
Aug |
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Made at John C. Campbell Folk
School, Brasstown, NC. Sold to Bob Hart, Mgr. All black walnut except top -
white pine, maple pegs, 3 strings. No affixed number inside. |
946 |
1965 |
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I also have another of Homer's works I bought from a Goodwill
store in Dayton, Ohio. It is of walnut, has staple frets only under the first
two strings (plus a long 3rd fret) and has mechanical tuners (original?). It
is numbered 946, which should be ca. 1963. |
979 |
1965 |
Aug |
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Fisher, Jennifer |
3102 McMahan |
Louisville |
KY |
9/3/2007 Hello! I
wanted to update your listing of all the Ledford dulcimers. I have #979,
written and signed by Mr. Ledford (in pencil) inside my dulcimer. My mother
is from Kentucky, and I am in the process of finding out how she got it. |
996 |
1965 |
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Carter, Peggy |
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Houston |
TX |
3/20/2008 Homer Ledford Mt. Dulcimer # 996, purchased by
Peggy Carter of Houston TX in Oct. 1965 at the Southern Highlands Handicraft
Guild Fair in Asheville, NC. 7/4/2007 Butternut top and walnut back and
sides. Frets are under the 1st and middle strings, but 3rd fret is under all
three strings. |
997 |
1965 |
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Coffee, Russ |
4100 NW 15th Ave |
Fort Lauderdale |
FL |
Special, heart-shaped sound holes 5/15/2009 Dear Sir, |
1000 |
1965 |
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Fisher, Barbara |
317 Banbury Rd |
Winston Salem |
NC |
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