Dulcimer making has long been considered an art. The exquisite design is also functional, and the best instruments sound as beautiful as they look. Homer Ledford, a legend among dulcimer makers, is known for his innovative but traditional craftsmanship. A biography and a step-by-step guide to dulcimer making, this classic book illuminates and celebrates the work of a master craftsman, musician, and folk artist. This new edition presents a foreword by Ron Pen, director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music at the ...
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Dulcimer making has long been considered an art. The exquisite design is also functional, and the best instruments sound as beautiful as they look. Homer Ledford, a legend among dulcimer makers, is known for his innovative but traditional craftsmanship. A biography and a step-by-step guide to dulcimer making, this classic book illuminates and celebrates the work of a master craftsman, musician, and folk artist. This new edition presents a foreword by Ron Pen, director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music at the University of Kentucky, and an enlightening afterword featuring a conversation with Ledford. In an era when Americans are rediscovering their musical roots, Dulcimer Maker offers a unique look at a bluegrass legend.
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Fair. Hardcover with dust jacket, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, smudges and foxing on closed page edges, dust jacket is present but quite worn with bar code removed, edge chipping, rubbing and interior chip covered by tape, ex-library copy with usual library markings, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Illustrated by Jerry Schureman. Near Fine. Signed on the half-title "Best Wishes R. Gerald Alvey." and "In Harmony Ron Pen." Foreword and Afterword by Ron Pen. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Jerry Schureman. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. There is a small area of surface dirt near the bottom edge of the rear cover. Near fine condition. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; 197 pages; Signed by Author.
Fine book if you are interested in Homer Ledford
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If you can find the hard cover edition get it because the photographs are much better than in my soft cover. I have both and a Homer Ledford dulcimer too.
ROBERT J B
Jan 10, 2013
DULCIMERS
This is a lovely book which I am proud to own. I find it thoroughly annoying that books about men with manual skills are so frequently the preserve of American authors, writing about fellow Americans. That the man and his abilities are worthy of a book is beyond doubt. I just wish one of our British accademics would write about an English artisan with such warmth and admiration.
The book itself is simple but beautifully informative. I have long admired the people who made instruments like these, often with no formal training at all. It would seem that America has become the keeper of the flame as far as these types of skills are concerned.
Not much of a review of the book, I know, but I'm just thrilled that it has been written.
