The Instruments of Homer Ledford

Dulcimer Numbers 1001 to 2000 (updated 5/29/2010)

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1001 1965 Nov             To be used in foreign countries
1010 1966       Harvey, Mrs Scott Sweeten Creek Rd Arden NC  
1026 1966       Tomms, Mrs Howard L 5840 Marlboro Dr Cincinnati OH  
1106 1966 May 29            
1125 1966               Thomas Brown is father. Sold 6/25/71
1150 1966 Aug 4            
1181 1966       Roberts, Mrs Ann A 1514 Pepperidge Rd Asheboro NC  
1183 1966 Oct             4 string
1191         McLain, Mr & Mrs Howard 8120 Cortland Dr Knoxville TN  
1202                  
1214         Thompson, Trudy       Old back
1216         Farmer, Wes        
1229                 6/25/2009 My name is Dave Heistand and in case you want to know, back in 1969 I bought a dulcimer in Nashville.  When I looked into one of the diamond sound holes, I saw penciled on the bottom “No. 1229” and “Homer Ledford”.  So when I finally went looking on the web for info about Mr. Ledford this last week (don’t ask why it took me so long – I don’t know), and found the website and then the list of instruments, I went looking into the sound hole again to refresh my memory.  There it was.  The only thing is, my number is not on your list.

Dave
 
1248         Parker, Mildred   Louisville KY  
1260                  
1274         Parker, Mildred   Louisville KY  
1280         Parker, Mildred   Louisville KY  
1281         Parker, Mildred   Louisville KY 4 string, heart-shaped sound holes, walnut fingerboard
1289         Parker, Mildred   Louisville KY [Gaps underneath] butternut fingerboard
1296         Best, Bill   Berea KY  
1300 1967       Kalb, Mr   Lexington KY  
1305 1967                
1310 1967 Jun              
1313 1967 Jun 15   Smithsonian Institution   Washington DC (By S C Bohanan, UK, Lexington, Ky)
1314 1967 Jun              
1315 1967 Jun             By his father Therston J
1316 1967 Jun     Goode, Douglas 203 Outer Dr Oak Ridge TN  
1317 1967 Jun             Butternut fingerboard
1318 1967               Black walnut fingerboard [not numbered in journal; probably 2071]
1319 1967                
1320 1967                
1321 1967                
1322 1967                
1323 1967               501-448-5056. Bought at auction.
1324 1967               Special
1325 1967               Special
1326 1967 Jul 13   Oppelt, Robert   Richmond KY Fine tuners (4)
1327 1967               Guitar frets
1328 1967                
1329 1967                
1330 1967       Condiff, Wilbur 2207 High Pine Dr Louisville KY Presented by Anna Stone for Xmas
1331 1967                
1332 1967               Special laminated walnut fingerboard used at Bluegrass Fair, 1971
1333 1967                
1334 1967 Aug 4   Newton, Mr C A   Knoxville TN  
1335 1967                
1336 1967                
1337 1967                
1338 1967                
1339 1967               Sold at Log House
1340 1967                
1341 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes, specially made for Richard Alvey, Univ of Pa?
1342 1967                
1343 1967       Bader-Zarrell, Phyllis       Special 8 string mahogany and curly walnut
1344 1967                
1345 1967                
1346 1967               201-816-8612
1347 1967                
1348 1967       Bloomfield, Barry Sydney Australia    
1349 1967                
1350 1967               Special
1351 1967 Aug 11            
1352 1967 Dec   Double         (No. 1 Sp) Double ("courting") dulcimer - made sp for Floyd and Edna Baker, Winchester, 8/18/71. Top yellow poplar from Berea's Howard Hall (1862)
1353 1967               Laminated fingerboard - played at Folk Festival, DC, 8/28/71
1354 1967       Newton, Mr C A   Knoxville TN Heart-shaped sound holes, 3 string
1355 1967                
1356 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes
1357 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes
1358 1967               Heart shaped sound holes, white pine top, fingerboard dots - sold by Rosemary McLain
1359 1967               Heart shaped sound holes, white pine top, fingerboard dots - sold by Rosemary McLain
1360 1967       Kline, Roger D   Lexington KY  
1361 1967                
1362 1967               Special dark green top, laminated fingerboard onto butternut for sound & looks. Shipped 10/26/71.
1363 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes
1364 1967               3 string - Spec made for Dr Carl M Clark, Lexington - The Appalachian Delegation to National Folk Festival 1971 - donors
1365 1967               Special fingerboard laminated. 10/20/71 Gatlinburg Fair
1366 1967               Special dark green top, laminated fingerboard onto butternut for sound & looks.  
1367 1967               [number circled] Diamond shaped sound holes. Sold on eBay, 5-28-06. Good shape.
1368 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes
1369 1967       Frazier, Miss M Gene 2801 Esperanza Ave Tampa FL  
1370 1967                
1371 1967               Butternut fingerboard. (recipient)
1372 1967               [number starred] Butternut fingerboard. Shipped 10/13/71.
1373 1967                
1374 1967 Oct     Noel, Mrs Samuel   McLean VA  
1375 1967 Oct     Sigmon, Wayne R #2, Box 17 Cleveland NC  
1376 1967 Oct     Weinstein, Dr 1218 Craig Rd Knoxville TN [number starred] Rosewood & spruce top
1377 1967 Oct     Galloway, Dr R K 205 Holiday Dr Madison TN  
1378 1967 Oct     Grimm, Ken 2516 Delrose Dr Knoxville TN  
1379 1967 Oct     Guser, Grete 183 Waddell Circle Oak Ridge TN 3 string, butternut top, heart-shaped sound holes, black walnut fingerboard
1380 1967 Oct     Bahr, Diane P 11705 Westwind Dr Fort Wayne IN  
1381 1967 Oct             Diamond shaped sound holes
1382 1967 Oct             Diamond shaped sound holes
1383 1967 Oct     Hodson, Lydia Ann   Lawrenceburg KY  
1384 1967 Oct 15   Bynum, Julia F 3503 Kenmore St. Greensboro NC  
1385 1967 Oct              
1386 1967 Oct     Weisberg, Robert A 213 Alhambra Rd Oak Ridge TN By Toby Dean, Ithaca, NY
1387 1967 Oct     Perfetti, Louis   Knoxville TN 3 string, tuners, walnut fingerboard
1388 1967 Oct     Farr, Robert L 1852 Columbard Dr NW Washington DC  
1389 1967 Oct             Diamond shaped sound holes
1390 1967 Oct             Diamond shaped sound holes
1391 1967 Oct             Diamond shaped sound holes
1392 1967 Oct             Heart shaped sound holes. At Fair, 10/2/71
1393 1967 Oct     Weaver, Janice   Cherry Hill NJ 3 string, $80.00 - B McLain's friend
1394 1967 Oct     Moss Jr, Mrs Claude A 177 Bell Rd Nashville TN For Jim L Ross
1395 1967 Oct     Lewis, Don R #2 Campobello SC  
1396 1967       Lynch, Peter   Fort Benning GA 1/4" deeper. Dorothy is a craftsman - stained glass
1397 1967 Nov     Log Cabin Crafts   Berea KY  
1398 1967       Turkington, Rev Charles   Winchester KY  
1399 1967               Heart shaped sound holes
1400 1967               Diamond shaped sound holes - at Gatlinburg Fair '71
1401 1967       Schaffer, G Lewis 3301 Waynoka Ave Memphis TN  
1402 1967               Howard Hall poplar top (special). To Mr & Mrs Jeffrey B Wood by Mr Henry N Adamson, Willard St, Cambridge, MA
1403 1967       Bell, Mrs Denmark R #2 Brentwood TN Fair Exhibit
1404 1967       Brownlee Jr, W A Glen Lake Empire MI  
1405 1967       Wright, Madelyn 1262 Shoreman Dr College Park GA 4 string, butternut fingerboard, heart-shaped sound holes
1406 1967 Dec     Tanselle, Margaret T 3407 Hillvale Rd Louisville KY  
1407 1967 Nov     Stone, James "Jim" Boone Ave Winchester KY  
1408 1967       Held, Mrs Paul J 1539 Millers Ct Owensboro KY  
1409 1967       Stone, B B   Stamping Ground KY Old hotel poplar
1410 1967           Berea KY Howard Hall wood (top) 1867
1411 1967           Berea KY Diamond shaped sound holes
1412 1967       Roberts, Scottie   Elkin WV Old back. Berea Fair 1970
1413 1967 Dec     Lowery, Lillian 1227 College Station Murray KY  
1414 1967 Dec             Fair - Oak Ridge
1415 1967 Dec             Howard Hall Dorm. Purchased by Marian Gerber - Oak Ridge (at Fair '71)
1416 1967 Dec             Howard Hall, special holes [undercut fingerboard]
1417 1967 Dec             Howard Hall, special holes [undercut fingerboard]
1418 1967 Dec     Kenney, John S 2305 Whitehorse Rd Berwyn PA  
1419 1967 Dec             H H [Howard Hall]
1420 1967 Dec             Diamond shaped sound holes
1421 1967 Dec     Baker, Floyd   Winchester KY Special exhibit '65
1422                 H H [Howard Hall], (at Fair 11/21/71)
1423         Richardson, Sam Box 276 Tappahannock VA Tuners. Paid by David Kideckel
1424                 H H [Howard Hall]
1425                 H H [Howard Hall]. From Olympia WA, came here with Berea Friends 11/19/71.
1426                 H H [Howard Hall], by (Kay)
1427 1968 Jan 2   Scott, Dorothy   Lexington KY  
1428 1968 Jan             Heart shaped sound holes (craftsman at Fair 1971)
1429 1968 Jan             H H [Howard Hall]
1430 1968 Jan             4 string, heart shaped sound holes
1431 1968 Jan             H H [Howard Hall], very fancy back
1432 1968 Jan     Mount Mitchell Craft Shop   Mount Mitchell NC  
1433 1968 Jan             H H [Howard Hall], very fancy back - and fingerboard
1434 1968 Jan             H H [Howard Hall]
1435 1968 Jan             H H [Howard Hall]
1436 1968 Jan             Heart shaped sound holes
1437 1968 Jan              
1438 1968 Jan 20   Martin, Tony 1938 Rockwood Rd Cleveland OH  
1439 1968               [number circled] H H [Howard Hall] poplar top, [undercut fingerboard], Special. Was sold on eBay 9-15-03
1440 1968               Special H H [Howard Hall, with undercut fingerboard]
1441 1968               H H Howard Hall], butternut fingerboard
1442 1968               Special H H [Howard Hall, with undercut fingerboard]
1443 1968           Berea KY Special number, by Leonard Pardue. Cherry back and end block, old spruce top from 1880 piano - curly mahogany sides.
1444 1968               Special cherry, mahogany sides & fingerboard, [undercut fingerboard], deeper body
1445 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1446 1968       Wiseman, Suzanne   Paris KY  
1447 1968               4 string
1448 1968       Codell, Mrs John   Winchester KY Special
1449 1968               [Two purchasers listed:] John H Schutz [no address given] and Mrs Parke E Thomas, 123 W Parke Dr, Raleigh, NC
1450 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1451 1968               Heart shaped soundholes. (Black couple)
1452 1968               4 string
1453 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1454 1968               4 string
1455 1968       Wright, Linda 1515 S 6th St Clinton IN Heart-shaped sound holes. Replaced sides 9/12/05 for David Hempy.
1456 1968               4 string
1457 1968               3 string. For Gerald
1458 1968               Relative of Edna Baker (for Christmas)
1459 1968               Special - like Jean Ritchie's
1460 1968                
1461 1968                
1462 1968       Whiting Ph D, Dr       3 string
1463 1968               1/30/2009 I acquired the hourglass dulcimer a few years ago and it hung on my wall until recently when my wife began playing again.  It had been roughly treated and needed some support and regluing, but now it's as good as ever.  Sides and back are walnut, top and fingerboard appear to be butternut with diamond-shaped holes.  I love the form and the wonderful thin wood that give it such a mellow sound.  Seems the groups my wife is playing with favor the DAd tuning and chord the instrument with their fingers instead of playing with a stick (whatever you call it).  So I had to add frets across the board instead of the two-string frets that were on Homer's original.  The number is 1463, which according to your WEBsite was made in 1968.  It's signed "Homer C. Ledford,
Winchester Ky."
Dan Fishwick
Willoughby, Ohio
 
1464 1968                
1465 1968                
1466 1968               4 string
1467 1968               H H [Howard Hall]
1468 1968     Sweetheart         [number starred] Sweetheart dulcimer - Made for my sweetheart Colista & me - Homer C Ledford (My no. 2 Sweetheart dulcimer)
1469 1968       Stell, Patricia 618 Channing St Palo Alto CA Heart-shaped sound holes
1470 1968               H H [Howard Hall]
1471 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1472 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1473 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1474 1968               [number starred]
1475 1968 Apr     New York University        
1476 1968     YP-1400 Durr, Bill   Lexington KY (barber)
1477 1968               4 string. By Maurice Wessley
1478 1968               [number starred] Special. Mandolin frets (Folk singer)
1479 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1480 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1481 1968               H H [Howard Hall]
1482 1968               H H [Howard Hall]
1483 1968               Heart shaped soundholes
1484 1968                
1485 1968