The first link says the exhibit features dulcimers made by Ernest Combs. I'm not familiar with this luthier. I could be wrong but from this bio he didn't seem very passionate about dulcimers
https://www.blueridgeheritage.com/artist/ernest-combs/
Still there is probably more to the exhibit and either way I am glad they are even doing a dulcimer exhibit.
I believe he made about 7 of them, no not a passion....
I did some quick genealogical research and discovered that Ernest Combs was the son of Fred Combs and Vera Alice Johnson. He is listed in the 1940 Federal Census for Beaverdam Township in Watauga County, North Carolina. The families of Frank Proffitt and his father, Wiley Proffitt, were both living in Beaverdam Township in 1940. However, my preliminary search didn't turn up any connections between Ernest Combs and the Proffitts. In the bio to which David Bennett provides a link, Combs credits Albert Hash with getting him started with instrument making. But as David pointed out, he doesn't seem to have been very prolific in building dulcimers.
The first link says the exhibit features dulcimers made by Ernest Combs. I'm not familiar with this luthier. I could be wrong but from this bio he didn't seem very passionate about dulcimers
https://www.blueridgeheritage.com/artist/ernest-combs/
Still there is probably more to the exhibit and either way I am glad they are even doing a dulcimer exhibit.
Dulcimer Exhibit at the Jonesborough Washington County History Museum
Jonesborough, TN 04-29-2019 thru 06-09-2019
http://www.heritageall.org/2019/04/dulcimer-exhibit-at-the-jonesborough-washington-county-history-museum/
https://www.jonesboroughtn.org/index.php/full-calendardp/g-16-604gmasds7k6era99soidi034m_201904291400
