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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.), woodworking, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Old-time music, Fiddling, Musical instruments, Augusta Heritage Center, Fiddle tunes
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:
Hammons (Family : W. Va.), woodworking, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Augusta Heritage Center, Fiddling, Musical instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Frank George (October 6, 1928 November 15, 2017), a Bluefield native, was a banjo player, fiddler, and piper, who also played piano, organ, hammer and lap dulcimer, and was a walking compendium of West Virginia traditional music history and jokes. He was the recipient of the 1994 Vandalia Award, West Virginias highest folklife honor. Jane George (November 11, 1922 February 19, 2018) helped launch the craft revival in the Mountain State through extensive fieldwork with traditional artists, educational programming, and by co-founding the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes. She also hosted Mountain Heritage weekends and Kanawha County Parks Mountaineer Day Camps to teach young mountaineers about their cultural heritage, founded two Scottish dance troupes, and served as a 4-H agent in multiple counties. She was the 1993 Vandalia Award recipient."]%

3. Frank George shows off his unique Civil War-era banjo

Identifier:
4224.GeorgeFrankGeorgeJane.Photo.011.4.19.16
Title:
Frank George shows off his unique Civil War-era banjo
Date:
2016-04-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Banjo, Stringed instruments, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Musical instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)

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4. 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:
Augusta Heritage Center, Stringed instruments, Davis and Elkins College, Musical instruments, Dulcimer
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."]%

5. 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:
Rizzetta, Sam, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.), Berkeley County (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. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

6. Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.001.7.19.16
Title:
Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments, Musical instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Wooden hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta. 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. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

7. Hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.002.7.19.16
Title:
Hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)
["Sound hole of wooden hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta. 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. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

8. Sound hole of hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.003.7.19.16
Title:
Sound hole of hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Rizzetta, Sam
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)
["Hammer dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta. 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. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

9. Dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.004.7.19.16
Title:
Dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Musical instruments, Stringed instruments, Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), 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. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

10. Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer in his workshop

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.005.7.19.16
Title:
Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer in his workshop
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)