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- Edmund Berky Playing the Cimbalom during a Ford Radio Station WWI Broadcast, 1924 - Edmund Berky provided musical entertainment for a Ford Motor Company radio program in May 1924. Berky played several selections -- ranging from classical to folk tunes -- on a cimbalom, which is similar to a dulcimer. Musicians play the cimbalom by striking metal strings with spoon-shaped wooden hammers covered with cotton, felt, or leather.
- May 22, 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Edmund Berky Playing the Cimbalom during a Ford Radio Station WWI Broadcast, 1924
Edmund Berky provided musical entertainment for a Ford Motor Company radio program in May 1924. Berky played several selections -- ranging from classical to folk tunes -- on a cimbalom, which is similar to a dulcimer. Musicians play the cimbalom by striking metal strings with spoon-shaped wooden hammers covered with cotton, felt, or leather.
- Cimbalom - The cimbalom is a large concert dulcimer developed in Hungary about 1870. William Hallup played this cimbalom in Henry Ford's Old Time Orchestra for over twenty years. In 1924, as Ford was putting together an orchestra to play music for his old-fashioned dances, Henry Ford recruited Hallup, a Cleveland, Ohio, musician of Hungarian descent, to join the group.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Cimbalom
The cimbalom is a large concert dulcimer developed in Hungary about 1870. William Hallup played this cimbalom in Henry Ford's Old Time Orchestra for over twenty years. In 1924, as Ford was putting together an orchestra to play music for his old-fashioned dances, Henry Ford recruited Hallup, a Cleveland, Ohio, musician of Hungarian descent, to join the group.
- Cimbalom, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Cimbalom, circa 1900