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
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Augusta Heritage Center, Stringed instruments, Davis and Elkins College, Musical instruments, Dulcimer
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Location:
- Inwood (W. Va.)
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Language:
- English
- Source:
- A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection