by Steve Eulberg
In Pete Seeger‘s television series, Rainbow Quest, Episode 26, he hosted folklorist Frank Warner. At about 26:27 they begin discussing Frank Proffitt, including some film of him playing his banjo at the Newport Folk Festival (begins at 40:09)
Frank is most well-known for preserving the song Tom Dooley,
Earlier in their conversation, Pete relates an exchange of letters between Howie Mitchell and Frank Proffitt about dulcimer building. (38:27-38)
(Note: Howie Mitchell’s Hammered Dulcimers: How I Build them, was one of the references that I consulted before and during the building of my first two hammered dulcimers.)