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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.

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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
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:
Dulcimer, Musical instruments, Stringed instruments, and Rizzetta, Sam
Rights:
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.) and Inwood (W. Va.)
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
English
Source:
A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection