Dulcitar

The dulcitar is a variant of the Appalachian dulcimer which retains the dulcimer's diatonic fret layout, but has a long neck made to be played upright in the guitar style rather than flat across the lap. Luthier Homer Ledford coined the term "dulcitar" as a portmanteau of "dulcimer" and "guitar", building his first dulcitar around 1971.[1] One of Ledford's dulcitars was accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as displayed in a traveling exhibit on American craftsmanship.[2]

The term "dulcitar" was trademarked by Ledford in 1976 (#73075051), and other luthiers have developed conceptually similar instruments under other names such as "strumstick"[3] and "pickin' stick".[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Alvey, R. Gerald. Dulcimer Maker: the craft of Homer Ledford. University Press of Kentucky, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8131-9051-8. Pg 48-50
  2. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=MnnaAAAAMAAJ&q=dulcitar&dq=dulcitar&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BNGYUrP8CsipsQTYoICoDQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ pg 46
  3. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=Y5JW_JwtmHEC&pg=PA32&dq=strumstick&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RNmYUrSOMJXcoATU9YCQBA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=strumstick&f=false
  4. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=_Wa0SgAACAAJ&dq=%22pickin+stick%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XNmYUpSpC9PdoATfwIL4Bg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA