Well, I just watched the episode last night on the Inspiration Network. John Boy had his own dulcimer in the beginning. He said it was made by Mr. Dulcimer.

Dana, from the brief glimpse I saw of it I thought it might be a Ledford. Jenny bought John Boy "the best dulcimer made by Mr. Dulcimer" as a going away gift. It had a light color sound board with a dark color fret board. The shape reminded me more of a Prichard (I've got Kevin's Prichards on my mind ). Do you have any guesses as to who the makers are of those nice looking dulcimers? I couldn't see the credits.

Folks, please no copying sections of Netflix or movie dvds and posting them here... copyright violations galore for FOTMD. Please think about copyright issues before posting any copyrighted or performance material on a public site.

Thanks!

Dana R. McCall said:

Judith if you can wait till Weds I found it on Netflix but they have to send me the disc. I'll post a clip of the song on here then.

Here is the photo I took of a picture of Richard Thomas (John Boy) playing a dulcimer. The picture did not show the entire dulcimer but notice he was using a feather to strum, http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/photo/photo-of-john-boy-girlfriend-and-dulcimer

We visited the Walton's Mountain Museum in Schuyler VA on Tuesday. I got a photo of a picture of John Boy playing that dulcimer. I will try to post it later. By the way, the Hamner home is not like the one depicted on tv. Also, Earl Hamner Sr. worked at the local soapstone quarry, cutting soapstone. The museum is small but has lots of memorabilia. All the cast members have visited that museum at least once. It was fun to visit. "Ike Godsey's" store is still there but modernized. It's more like a 7-11 and a small deli. Gas ain't cheap there.

Hey Dana Check the Credits on that. It should give the name of the song some where in it.

Judith if you can wait till Weds I found it on Netflix but they have to send me the disc. I'll post a clip of the song on here then.

Sorry I posted about the time you posted you had found it.

Here is John boy singing it.