The Instruments of Homer Ledford

Dulcimer Numbers 5001 to 6014 (updated 1/22/2012)

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5001 1985     0046 Worsham, Lee 1551 Cristobal Dr, Apt 2 Tallahassee FL A gift from Bob Bradley, California
5002 1985     0046 Chang, Paul & Vivia 615 Wilton Rd Baltimore MD  
5003 1985     0446 Reagan, Betty 7117 Beechmount Ave Cincinnati OH Rhodi's friend (special price)
5004 1985     Duck Duty, Ed & Cynthia 3224 W Clinton Circle Tampa FL [number starred] "Duck". All cherry - "Duck" from old slave cabin 200 years old
5005 1985     YP-1900FT          
5006 1985     0446 Clark, Bobby R #1, Box 980 Morehead KY  
5007 1985               Cherry
5008 1985               Cherry
5009 1985       Gover, Mrs Virginia M 6794 Tiki Dr Cypress CA Cherry
5010 1985     Sweetheart Jackson, George & Rhodie   Georgetown KY [number circled] Sweetheart dulcimer
5011 1985       Schmidt, Harry & Rachel   Lexington KY [number circled] Sweetheart dulcimer
5012 1985     0446 Caudill, James Box 39 Farmers KY [number starred] Rhodi's friend
5013 1985     0046 Williams, Linda Box 16 Farmers KY [number starred] Rhodi's friend
5014 1985     0446 Buckner, Ann Rt 4, Box 275-A Morehead KY [number starred] Rhodi's friend
5015 1985     Duck Millinger, Charles 949 Turner Quay Jupiter FL Cherry "duck" special
5016 1985 Nov 11 YP-1900FT Collison, Rebecca Glenwood Rd Glenwood FL (Joyce Clark's friend) Sold Nov 11, '85.
5017 1985       Ledford, George 65 Heathcliff Rd Dayton OH Cherry - cherry back from J. N. Blakemore house over 100 years old
5018 1985     YP-1900FT         [Entry scratched out:] Lewis Fite, Route 4, Box 126X, Elizabethtown, Ky. 42701.
5019 1985       Deitz, Ed & Cynthia 3224 W Clindon Circle Tampa FL [number starred] "Dulcibro" antique cherry (improved design). Friend of Rhodi Jackson, special quantity price, $135.00
5020 1985 Jun     Patty, Bill 501 4th St Alexandria LA #8 Special "acoustic" model. Walnut over 200 years old from Shakertown bed, old spruce top. Sold at Black Mountain, June '85.
5020A 1985 Jun     Puls, Margie   Wauwatosa WI Sold at Black Mountain, June '85
5021 1985 Oct 11   Hicks, Calia M 514 W Sun St Morehead KY [number starred] "The Duck" Teardrop shape, "f" sound holes, rare black walnut back - old Martin spruce top (Berea Fair, Oct 11, '85) Friend of Rhodi Jackson, special quantity price, $135.00
5022 1985       Shine, Faith   Lexington KY Antique cherry & spruce - pearl engraved star
5023 1985     0446 Volker, Mrs Paul 720 Kellog Ave Ames IA Pearl dots - "VOLKER" on pegbox
5024 1985       Wakild, Chris 5108 Jonar Ct Louisville KY [number starred] "old man peghead over 200 years old from slave cabin. 1st "old man" model, Oct '85. Friend of Rhodi Jackson, special quantity price, $135.00
5025 1985       Black, Bruce 1707 Crooked Branch Rd Lecanto FL "The duck" model - cherry pegbox & end block from slave cabin, Clark Co., Ky., over 200 years old.
5026 1985     YP-1900FT Fite, Lewis Route 4, Box 126X Elizabethtown KY  
5027 1985       Casper, Thelma       [number starred] Friend of Rhodi Jackson, special quantity price, $135.00
5028 1985       Ellis, Janice       [number starred] Friend of Rhodi Jackson, special quantity price, $135.00
5029 1985     0446 Logue, Jo Ann 625 E Factory St Harrodsburg KY  
5030 1985 Nov 11 YP-1900FT Higbee, Lisa Culbertson Mansion, 914 E Main New Albany IN  
5031 1985     YP-1900FT          
5032 1985       Wilcox, Bill 829 Coverdale Ln Virginia Beach VA Cherry "The Duck". Slave cabin cherry duck & end block
5033 1985     TD-1900 Young, Robert C Box 494 Hindman KY  
5034 1985 Dec 4 0046 Marshall, Jody 3242 Taylor Ct Herndon VA [number checked]
5035 1985     YP-1900FT Gorin, S R Box 631 McMinnville TN [number checked] 2 chip carved stars on pegbox
5036 1985     YP-1900 Thompson, Ruth Rt 1, Box 391 New Castle IN [number checked] Special (Tanya's mother)
5037 1985     YP-1900FT Kennedy, Mrs George 221 David Dr Lexington KY  
5038 1985     YP-1900FT Gunther, Brandon   De Land FL [number checked] (Joyce Clark's friend)
5039 1985     YP-1900FT Bailey, Mrs William F Rt 6, Box 114 Laurinburg NC  
5040 1985     0446 Woods, Betty 413 3rd Ave Worthington KY [number checked] picked up
5041 1985     YP-1900 Fox, Steve Route 3, Box 494 Shelbyville KY  
5042 1985     YP-1900FT Reeb, Arvil 1752 Hawthorne Ln Lexington KY 2 piece back
5043 1985 Dec     Schureman, Jerry   Winchester KY Cherry
5044 1985 Dec   YP-1900 Webb     FL George Jackson's relative
5045 1985 Dec     Booth, Charles   Winchester KY Cherry
5046       Sweetheart Arnow, Jan       Sweetheart "the duck" model, 1st of the sweetheart models with duck
5047       YP-1900FT Calhoun, Cathy 1925 Alexandria Dr Lexington KY  
5048         Peck, Neal E   Chicago Heights IL Special custom
5049       Duck Liggett, Bro Mark "Franciscan Friars", 333 E Paulding Rd Fort Wayne IN Special 2 piece back & "duck" pegbox. [underlined:] Standard depth.
5050       YP-1900FT Talbert, Sue 12 Lake St, #2 Fort Wright KY [number circled] Dots
5051       YP-1900FT Hosey, James 2000 Oriole Dr Auburn AL  
5052         McDonald, David   Cincinnati OH Cherry
5053         McCarten, Eileen Barrett Center, 111 S Adams Henderson KY [Teardrop shaped body], butternut top, F# extra fret
5054         Parker, Alice c/o Lees College Jackson KY Old cherry
5055 1986 Mar 15 0446 Williams, Robert 314 Norris Ct Glasgow KY  
5056 1986     YP-1900FT Williams, Ruth   Mount Sterling KY 498-4552
5057 1986     YP-1900FT Girard, Karen 105 Lee Ct Richmond KY  
5058 1986 Apr 15   Fisher, Rosemary 4 Curzon St, Toowoomba Queensland Aus [number starred] Old cherry, old spruce top. Purchased by Alice Parker. Picked up Apr 28, '86. Australia.
5059 1986     0046 Moss, Michael C 56 Banyan Ct Lake Jackson TX "Special", "The duck" model
5060 1986     YP-1900FT         "The duck" carving
5061 1986 May     Martin, Beverly 273 Queensway Canton MI Special butternut, 4 string, [olive branch style?] sound holes. Sold Berea Fair - Spring '86.
5062 1986       Tye, Roberta 342 SW 1st Richmond IN Butternut top, all black walnut  2/24/2011.  Now owned by Rebaccajo Andrews, Sun Peaks, BC, Canada. 
5063 1986       Parker, Mary Katherine   Hendersonville NC [number starred] Antique cherry. Purchased by Alice Parker.
5064 1986       Jordan, Amy 131 Carolyn Ln Nicholasville KY Special marked maple back, spruce top
5065 1986     YP-1900FT Irwin, Jihn Hughes 107 N Main Cynthiana KY  
5066 1986       Moss, Lisa Rose 56 Banyan Ct Lake Jackson TX [number starred] 4 string duck
5067 1986       Parsons, Brian 13-8 Copeley Hill Charlottesville VA Cherry
5068 1986       Townsend, Joe & Ann 25 Brianfield Cove Jackson TN 4 string, butternut top - special
5069 1986       Weldon, Pat 1231 Bardstown Rd Louisville KY #9 [Teardrop-shaped body] Special acoustic bridge model. Yellow poplar top from old store building, Clark Co., Ky., over 200 years old.
5070 1986               Same as above #5069 [Teardrop-shaped body, special acoustic bridge model. Yellow poplar top from old store building, Clark Co., Ky., over 200 years old].
5071 1986       Murphy, John B R #8 Liberty KY Chestnut dulcimer out of his wood from old stone building (store) of J. J. & Ada Murphy
5072 1986               Same as above #5069 [Teardrop-shaped body, special acoustic bridge model. Yellow poplar top from old store building, Clark Co., Ky., over 200 years old]. Special experimental model. 6/24/11 My Husband and I purchased Mr. Ledford's dulcimer #5072 at the Appalachian Festival in Cinti, Ohio in the 1980s. It is signed by Mr. Ledford and is in perfect condition. 
thank you so much for any information you may be able to provide.
Lyn Price  1/17/12  Now owned by Dana McCall, Winchester, KY.
5073 1986     YP-1900FT Young, Roger   Fairview TN Poplar top from Mt. Zion Christian Church, Clark Co., Ky. Built 1825.
5074 1986     0446FT Alar, Daniel Z 334 S Dylan Rd Wales WI  
5075 1986       Sifford, Luann 213 B State St Lexington KY "the Duck" Special - butternut top
5076 1986     YP-1900FT Fehrenbach, Sandy 10991 Locust Bloomington CA  
5077 1986               Antique cherry
5078 1986       Rapp, Michael 2002 Loraine Ave McLean VA Same as 7077 [should be 5077; antique cherry]. Black Mountain.
5079 1986       Fehl, Marcia E 206 Hill Rd Wernersville PA Special grained maple back, maple peg box & end block - rest walnut - spruce top.
5080 1986       Popp, George 9928 Mountain View Ave Cherry Valley CA Cherry with "Beor" inlaid.
5081 1986       Peryam, Katherine Frick 5617 Chadwick Fairway KS Cherry - "The duck" - deeper model
5082 1986     YP-1900FT Lawson, Dorothy 5102 Arrowshard Dr Lagrange KY  
5083 1986     YP-1900FT          
5084 1986       Ely, Diane     OH? Butternut top
5085 1986       Isetti, Rose 3115 Kipling Way Louisville KY The Ram. #1 of this model. Antique cherry & spruce
5086 1986               "The Duck" butternut top (special).
5087 1986     YP-1900FT Saunders, Betsy 8958 Rustic Rd Richmond VA Poplar top from Mt. Zion Christian Church, 1825. Black Mountain sale.
5088 1986       Higgs, Elizabeth 615 E Oak St Louisville KY Butternut top
5089 1986       Debard, Robert & Elizabeth 1480 Ball Blvd, #909 Clearwater FL "The Duck", butternut top - sold at Campbell Folk School
5090 1986     TD-1900FT Rowe, Nathan Box 22A Herndon VA Old Mt. Zion Christian Church yellow poplar top
5091 1986     YP-1900FT McDaniel, Mrs R B 808 Beaverton Ct Sunnyvale CA (Joyce Clark's friend)
5092 1986     0446 Hucke, Ron R #1, Box 161 Oquawka IL Special - spruce & walnut, special sound holes, pearl dots in fingerboard (custom 0446)
5093 1986 Aug   TD-1900 Frick, Pamela 7426 Sumitt Kansas City MO #10 Special "acoustic" just like mine except pearl inlays in fingerboard. Duck head carved on peg box. (Sold at Black Mountain NC, 1986)
5094 1986       Schills, Peggy 444 Forest Brook Dr Myrtle Beach SC Antique cherry with carved peg box
5095 1986     YP-1900FT McFarland, Evelyn     FL 4 pearl dots (Rodi Jackson's friend)
5096 1986     0046 Neikirk, Kay Box 198, R #2 Berry KY 3 string, butternut top
5097 1986       Kaneez, Aisha 3404 West End, suite 9 Nashville TN [number starred] #11 "Acoustic model" - cherry
5098 1986     0046 Reeder, Jeffrey Alumni Hall, 300 College Park Dayton OH (By Bro. Mark Liggett)
5099 1986     YP-1900FT Carlton, Charlie   Berea KY Poplar top from Mt. Zion Christian Church, built 1825.
5100 1986       Watson, Julian     Ireland Dulcibro - cherry & spruce
5101 1986     YP-1900FT Leigh, Lynn   Nicholasville KY  
5102 1986     0446 Cofield, Emily 865 E High Lexington KY  
5103 1986 Oct 29   Rodgerson, Phillip E Box 8568 Richmond VA All maple - spruce top - pearl diamond in fingerboard - sold at Jenny Wiley Park, Oct 29, '86. (minister)
5104 1986       Ames, Robert 1822 Parkers Mill Lexington KY Cherry, special scroll [dogwood flower] carved.
5105 1986       Levy, Laura 8 Ivy Terrace Maplewood NJ Cherry
5106 1986 Oct 16   Jungers, Mary B 4321 Wedgewood Alton IL Butternut top
5107       YP-1900FT          
5108         Phillips, Jean Rt 1, Box 123 Oneida TN Butternut top - all walnut
5109         Holsinger, Geraldine 100 Blantel Dr Russell KY Cherry
5110         Auxier, Randy 890 Winchester Rd Memphis TN Cherry
5111       TD-1900 Brown, Mrs Stephen 1187 Merman Dr Lexington KY Yellow poplar top
5112         Azbill, Sally 7903 Barbour Manor Dr Louisville KY Cherry - "The Duck" model
5113         Taylor, Lou   Winchester KY Butternut top, "The Duck"
5114       YP-1900 Hopper, Marie C Rt 4, Box 299, Road 169 Versailles KY (4 [dogwood flower] sound holes special) (yellow poplar top from Woodford Co., Ky.)
5115       0446 Witzke, Betty 2525 Montbello Circle Kettering OH [number circled] Special sound holes [olive branches?], pearl dots in fingerboard. [Previous entry scratched out:] Ron Hucke, Rt 1, Box 161, Oquawka, Ill. 61469.
5116         McKinney, George 4154 Chasewood Dr Saint Louis MO Butternut top special [Previous entry scratched out:] Angelyn Wells, 2684 Walnut Hill-Chilesburg Rd., Lexington, Ky. 40509
5117       YP-1900FT Cummins, Jackie 323 College Winchester KY  
5118       YP-1900FT Howser, Dixie 210 Marshall Dr Louisville KY Nancy Binns, 12476 Woodcrest Dr, Omaha, Neb. 68137 - picked up for her.
5119       YP-1900FT Holloway, Dale Rt 3, Box 218 Florence MS  
5120       YP-1900FT Hopkins, William E 1006 Bellewood Rd Anchorage KY  
5121 1986     YP-1900 Stahlman, Tricia 3385 Otter Creek Dr Lexington KY "dove" in fingerboard
5122       YP-1900FT Nicholas, Donald R 3001 W Bowman Muncie IN Sold at Fair 10/8/88. [Customer's name & address on masking tape covering earlier entry]
5123         Head, Maynard Cumberland College Williamsburg KY Cherry
5124         Perkins, Laura Ann 2013 Eastern Pkwy Louisville KY Cherry
5125         Szopa, Mrs Stanley 41 Beacon St Lowell MA Butternut, undercut fingerboard
5126       TD1900FT McKinstry, Rev John Rt 295 Canaan NY  
5127       0046 Wilmore Elementary School   Wilmore KY  
5128       0046 Wilmore Elementary School   Wilmore KY  
5129       0046 Wilmore Elementary School   Wilmore KY  
5130         Sabotta, Marilyn 3233 Lincoln Ave Highland IN Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard. Rhodi Jackson's friend
5131         Bovill, Mrs George 129 Pine St Portland ME Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard. Rhodi Jackson's friend
5132         Ryan, John 810 Lawander Ln Silver Springs MD Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard. Rhodi Jackson's friend
5133                 Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard.
5134         Saunders, Ralph 4740 Bauman Hill Rd Lancaster OH Same as no. 5133 [Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard.] Rhodi's friend.
5135         Koltich, Lona B P O Box 476 Cowan TN Same as no. 5133 [Butternut top, special, 4 dots, [undercut] fingerboard.] Allen Wheeler [purchaser?] (Sold by Rodi)
5136         Kirby, James 132 Belmont Winchester KY "The duck" model, yellow poplar top
5137       YP-1900FT Pertuset, Mrs Lindsey 7734 Naomi Ave Cincinnati OH F# fret
5138       YP-1900FT Fessler, Ellen P 3521 Lesly Ave Indianapolis IN  
5139         Dawson, John & Lora   Lexington KY  
5140       YP-1900 Curtis, Betty   Mount Sterling KY  
5141       YP-1900 Brooks, Judy Box 173 Berea KY  
5142       YP-1900 Kidney, Harriet Box 348 Berea KY  
5143       YP-1900 Glenn, John L 520 Windsor Dr Clarksville TN  
5144       YP-1900 Harkey, John & Karen   Temecula CA [number starred; previous entry scratched out:] John & Jean Martsolf, New Briton, PA 15066
5145 1987       Yost, Alma 1618 Linden East Lansing MI [number starred] Rhodi's friend. Butternut special, cutout fingerboard, 4 pearl dots
5146 1987       Martsolf, Jean   New Briton PA Same as 5145.[Butternut special, cutout fingerboard, 4 pearl dots]
5147 1987       Martsolf, John & Jean   New Briton PA [number starred]
5148 1987               Butternut top - "The Duck"
5149 1987       Baumohl, Art   Lexington KY [number starred] "The Horse" - all walnut with butternut top, back braced, "experimental"
5150 1987       Pascuzzi, John 7061 Indiana St Buena Park CA 2 piece back, 5 strings, yellow poplar top, all walnut, F# fret
5151 1987       Filson, Kevin   Lexington KY Larger "custom" cherry, spruce top, left handed! F#, Bb, ebony pegs. William H Filson - Covington, Ky., Kevin's father.
5152 1987     YP-1900 Fleig, Janice 3705 Red River Dr Lexington KY 4 pearl dots, undercut fingerboard
5153 1987     YP-1900 Wells, Jane 3941 Weber Way Lexington KY  
5154 1987     YP-1900FT Willis, Robert H 2273 Bethel-New Richmond Rd Bethel OH  
5155 1987 May             Butternut top - (Berea Fair)
5156 1987 May   YP-1900FT         (Berea Fair)
5157 1987               Cherry - undercut fingerboard  5/18/2010 but I am the original owner of Homer Ledford’s mountain dulcimer # 5157. It was a gift, purchased by my parents, Granville and Mary Hammond, when they visited Kentucky on vacation. It has a lovely antique cherry fingerboard.  
 
Lisa Hammond
 
5158 1987               [number starred] Exhibit dulcimer Berea Fair. 2 piece back, duck in flight peg box, spruce top with with violin purfling, fiddle sound holes - custom curly walnut throughout - internal acoustically braced, custom shaped, special tuners (4), 4 pearl inlays in fingerboard. Homer Fest, May 27, 1987. $850.00. Belongs to Homer.
5159 1987       Edwards, Billy   Winchester KY Western cedar top - black walnut - a gift to Billy Edwards of Winchester, Homer Ledford Fest, May 23, '87.
5160 1987     0446 Holman, Tammi Landmark Park, Hwy #431 N Dothan AL W. yellow poplar top
5161 1987       Van Epps, Bob 8720 Exeter Place Mainville OH 5 string, spruce top - metal gears
5162 1987     YP-1900 Retherford, Paul or Joan 5305 Linda Ln Anderson IN Old fancy curly yellow poplar top, fancy walnut body
5163 1987       Bordogna, Rob 7811 Wolf Pen Ranch Rd Prospect KY Antique cherry back - 4 string
5164 1987     YP-1900         Special sound holes (2 round)
5165 1987 Jul 24   Bomar, Pam 4125 Meridian Place Corpus Christi TX [number starred] Special exhibit model - For Los Angeles California exhibit - until  Nov '87. Antique book matched cherry back, inlaid, prime spruce top - special shape & design. Value $750.00
5166 1987 Jul     Freeman, Gene       [number starred] All walnut, 3 string - donated to Gene Freeman for being so nice to let me have all the special walnut. Shipped to Frankfort, July 30, '87.  11/8/2009 I have just purchased no 5166 in Bristol, England (I live in South Devon, England, UK)

I note this is listed as: “[number starred] All walnut, 3 string - donated to Gene Freeman for being so nice to let me have all the special walnut. Shipped to Frankfort, July 30, '87”

However, I wonder if there were 2 with this number as this is a 4 string dulcimer (and from the head looks as if it always has been) although there are actually 5 string grooves in the nut and bridge and five holes at the end to take ball-end strings. The printed label is signed and the word ‘special’ and the number (which is not starred) are handwritten. It is an hourglass model with heart shaped holes and 4 carved flowers instead of dots on the fingerboard. It certainly could be walnut.

I am happy for you to add this information to the list and would welcome any comment about the serial number.

With best wishes,
John
 
5167 1987       Fee, Sandra EKU - Earl Combs Hall Richmond KY Cherry
5168 1987       Willis, Bob   Cincinnati OH F# extra fret
5169 1987     0046 Owen, Gladys 2023 Camperdown Dr Lexington KY Yellow poplar top, special.
5170 1987     YP-1900FT Willis, Bob   Cincinnati OH F# fret extra
5171 1987 Aug 26 TD-1900 Crowe, Peggy 178 Brown St Oconee GA (185 + 25 = 210)
5171B         Hoffman, Mike        
5172 1987     TD-1900 Schad, Wallace 8113 Arnoldtown Rd Louisville KY  
5173 1987               Cherry, 4 string - very old back!
5174 1987       Winks, Betty 6848 Shadowbrook Ct Indianapolis IN All maple - 4 string - special heart sound holes, spruce top
5175 1987               Butternut top - 4 strings
5176 1987     YP-1900FT Bogler, Dan 101 Grandridge Hot Springs AR Curly poplar top, fancy back
5177 1987               [number starred] "The Duck" model - 200 year old peg head - cherry & spruce
5178 1987     YP-1900FT Willis, Robert H 2273 Bethel-New Richmond Rd Bethel OH 6 1/2 frets
5179 1987       Morgan, Hiram A 511 Dogwood Dr Danville KY All old chestnut - wood supplied by owner
5180 1987       Hull, Don 47 Twilight Ln East Amhurst NY Slave cabin cherry over 200 years old. All cherry with spruce top, pearl seagull in fingerboard - violin type sound holes (4), 2 piece back, holly inlaid
5181 1987               Butternut top
5182 1987     YP-1900FT MacKichan, John 10800 SW 27th Lincoln NE [number circled]
5183 1987 Nov 18   Cohn, Fran 13 Banner Ct East Brunswick NJ Curly maple special - pearl inlaid at G note. Sold at Carter Caves.
5184 1987       Whittaker, Joe Rt ?, Box 82 Jeffersonville IN Butternut top - special
5185 1987     YP-1900FT Preston, Nancy Rt 2, Box 742 Worthington KY  
5186 1987     YP-1900FT Getz, Susan 1138 N 17th Lafayette IN Special curly back
5187 1987       Carnahan, Kathline 6570 East Bend Rd Burlington KY Butternut top, "The duck" model
5188 1987       Jones, Quinton 42 Hume Bedford Rd Paris KY Cherry with pearl dove in fingerboard
5189 1987       Scott, Lisa 15391 Howe Rd Noblesville IN #12 Special "acoustic" model - all curly walnut, spruce top, pearl inlaid fingerboard
5190 1987 Dec             Butternut top - undercut fingerboard, 4 pearl hearts & "DEB" in fingerboard. For "Debbie" - George & Rhodi Jackson's relative. [Added later:] Debbie deceased - now belongs to George & Rodi, 11/89.
5191 1987 Dec