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 perhaps we might also add Walter Finter, who was also a maker.
BARKWAY, F. – Syleham /Brockdish /Needham
BATES, C. – Beccles
BENDALL, Mr – Rattlesden
BRAND, Miss M. – Thelnetham
BRINKLEY, Mr. – Walton (Felixstowe)
CHILVERS, S. – Aldeburgh
CHILVERS, William – Halesworth
CHURCHARD, B. – Bury St. Edmunds
CULLUM, Mr. – Lowestoft
DAVIES, Miss Marie – Framlingham
FAIRWEATHER, Master Walter – Framlingham
FINTER, Walter – Needham Market
FOULSHAM, Robert – Huntingfield
GREEN, Richard – Lowestoft
HOLLAND, W. – Riddlesworth
HOWARD, Mr – Halesworth
HOWELL, Thomas – Kirkley
MAYES, James – Elveden
MILLER, Mr. – Ipswich
NEWSOM (NEWSON), Mr. – Framlingham
PARNELL, Ernest – Beccles
PEARCE, Lennie – Woodbridge
PHILPOT, Charlie – Yoxford
PHILPOT, James – Halesworth
READER, Reg – Knodishall
ROBERTS, Mr. – Badwell Ash
RUMSBY family – Palgrave
SACHS, A.E. – Ipswich
SCARPE, John – Ipswich
SEAMAN, Charlie – Walpole / Sibton / Darsham
SEAMAN, Bertie – Walpole / Sibton / Wenhaston / Yoxford
SHEMMING, Samuel – Hoxne / Ipswich
SHEMMING, Stanley – Ipswich
SMITH, Charles – Glemsford
SPARKS, Alick – Rattlesden
SPARKS, Tommy – Rattlesden
STAMMERS, Jimmy – Westhall
STEBBING, John – Bury St Edmunds
TUTTLE, Mr – Lowestoft
WEBB, Mr – Beccles/Ipswich
WEDGE, Mr – Thetford
WOODS, James & WOODS, Henry James – Thrandeston
WOODS, Thomas – Market Weston
WRIGHT, C. – Bury St Edmunds
WRIGHT, Cyril – Ipswich
YOUNG, Frederick – Wortham
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