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| Bill built this lap dulcimer as part of an instrument-making workshop in 1993. Instead of building a mandolin or guitar, he chose a project he could complete within the time-frame of the workshop so he wouldn't have yet another unfinished project lying around the house after the class was over. It's constructed of maple, rosewood and corn. |
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Because lap dulcimers are traditionally strummed with a feather instead of a plectrum or pick, Bill was inspired to give this instrument a chicken motif. The chicken cutouts are influenced by Eastern European designs. | |
| The headstock is a hand-carved rooster head. | ||
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Sarah and Bill continue to disagree on whether this is a tail or a foot. |
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What What Chicken Butt!! |
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The tuning pegs are hand-carved rosewood. | |
| And since chickens eat corn, the fretboard inlays are real corn kernels! |
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Banjo Kitty loves the Chicken Dulcimer! |
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