IT is not often that a 19th century musical instrument made in Australia turns up in rural WA.
Goomalling musician Adam B Harris was doing a street performance in Bridgetown recently when a resident from nearby settlement Hester gifted him a hammered dulcimer that was made in the area in the late 1800s.
"I was pleasantly shocked and surprised," Mr Harris said.
"This is a rare find and of great historical and cultural significance to the area.
The hammered dulcimer is an instrument that never really made it out to Australia and its most unusual to see one made here out of local woods, and that old".
Mr Harris is currently in the process of restoring the instrument to a playable state and hopes to play it at an upcoming concert in aid of restoring the Holy Trinity Church at York.
The concert is being held on the evening of May 2 with tickets $10 from Veronica Sherwood on 9641 2777.
