A website documenting the historic dulcimers from the east of England
Soundholes
Soundholes
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Sound hole decoration
Dulcimer owned and played by Barnabas Brighton, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned by Strangers’ Hall Museum, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Elijah Ladbrooke, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by John Youngman, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by Mark Widdows; owned and played by Herbert Sadd, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by Mark Widdows; owned and played by Frank Read, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Harry Punt, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by WIlliam Chilvers; owned and played by the Reader & Philpot family, Suffolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Ernest Parnell, Suffolk
Dulcimer owned and played by William Couzens, Norfolk
Dulcimer made and played by Will Lawrence, Cambridgeshire (Russell Wortley)
Dulcimer owned and played by Frank Rice, Norfolk
Sound hole inserts
Dulcimer made by Mark Widdows; owned and played by Herbert Sadd, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by Mark Widdows; owned and played by Frank Read, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Barnabas Brighton, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by William Chilvers; owned and played by the Reader & Philpot family, Suffolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Billy Bennington, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned by Strangers’ Hall Museum, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Elijah Ladbrooke, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Harry Punt, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned by Frank Rice, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by James Hines, Suffolk
Dulcimer owned and played by John Bush, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Jimmy Rutland & Mollie Whitaker, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by John Howson
Dulcimer made and played by John Boulton Knights, Suffolk
Dulcimer made by Walter Finter, Suffolk (John Howson)
Dulcimer owned and played by Jack Basham & Vera Johnson, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned by Gressenhall Museum, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned by John Howson
Dulcimer found in Northall Green, Norfolk
Dulcimer made by John Harwood, Norfolk
You may notice a couple of pairs of images that look identical here – from instruments owned by Harry Punt and Frank Rice. Lest you think it’s a mistake, here are the two instruments side-by-side. The sound hole inserts and decoration are the same, but the Punt instrument has additional gilt decoration and the proportions of the instruments are slightly different.
Dulcimer owned and played by Harry Punt, Norfolk
Dulcimer owned and played by Frank Rice, Norfolk
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