This is an alphabetical list of the known historical dulcimer players in Suffolk.
Names highlighted in yellow will lead you to individual pages with portraits, biographies and photos of their instruments.
The best-known players from Suffolk were Reg Reader and his grandfather Charlie Philpot, and Walter Finter, who was also a maker.
BARKWAY, F. – Brockdish /Needham
BATES, C. – Beccles
BENDALL, Mr – Rattlesden
BRAND, Miss M. – Thelnetham
BRINKLEY, Mr. – Walton (Felixstowe)
CHURCHARD, B. – Bury St. Edmunds
CULLUM, Mr. – Lowestoft
DAVIES, Miss Marie – Famlingham
ELSEY, John – Stuston
FAIRWEATHER, Master Walter – Framlingham
FINTER, Walter – Needham Market
FOULSHAM, Robert – Huntingfield
GREEN, Mr. – Lowestoft
HOLLAND, W. – Riddlesworth
MILLER, Mr. – Ipswich
NEWSOM, MR. – Framlingham
PARNELL, Ernest – Beccles
PEARCE, Lennie – Woodbridge
PHILPOT, Charlie – Yoxford
PHILPOT, James – Halesworth
ROBERTS, MR. – Badwell Ash
RUMSBY family – Palgrave
SACHS, A.E. – Ipswich
SCARPE, John – Ipswich
SEAMAN, Charlie & Bertie – Darsham
SHEMMING, Samuel – Hoxne
SHEMMING, Stanley – Ipswich
SMITH, Charles – Glemsford
SPARKS, Alick – Rattlesden
SPARKS, Tommy – Rattlesden
STAMMERS, Jimmy – Westhall
STEBBINGS, John – Bury St Edmunds
WEBB, Mr. – Beccles/Ipswich
WOODS, H.J. – Thrandeston
WOODS, Thomas – Market Weston
WRIGHT, C. – Bury St Edmunds
WRIGHT, Cyril – Ipswich
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