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1. Oral history of Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.AudioInt.6.21.17
Title:
Oral history of Dave Bing
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Bing, Dave, 1955-
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Fiddling, Augusta Heritage Center, woodworking, Fiddle tunes, Musical instruments, Old-time music, and Bing, Dave, 1955-
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]

2. Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDaveIntTranscript6.21.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing
Date:
2017-96-21
Creator:
Bing, Dave, 1955-
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Musical instruments, Augusta Heritage Center, and Fiddling
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)

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3. Oral history of Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizettaSam.AudioInt.7.19.16
Title:
Oral history of Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Rizzetta, Sam
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Augusta Heritage Center, Davis and Elkins College, and Stringed instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.)
["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV."]

4. Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizettaSam.IntTranscript.7.19.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Rizzetta, Sam
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Dulcimer, Musical instruments, Stringed instruments, and Rizzetta, Sam
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.) and Inwood (W. Va.)