Coal Mountain Panjo

The Coal Mountain Panjo is a three stringed musical instrument historically made in Coal Mountain, Georgia from cooking pans and repurposed wood, mainly Florida Cypress.

These Panjos were hand-crafted in Atlanta Georgia by Martin McConaughy and Brenda Deily Constan and then hand painted in Utah by Jennifer Deily.

How to Play

There are 7 frets. The frets are the spaces on the neck.  You can press down on the first or the third string. When strumming, strum all the strings at the same time.

How to Tune

The Coal Mountain Panjo is tuned the same as an Appalachian dulcimer.  One way to tune the Panjo is use a guitar tuner or download a free guitar tuner found on your phone’s app store, for example, a great one is called Pano Tuner.  Play the string and turn the tuning key until the desired note is shown. The strings are tuned D, A, D. the two outside strings are D and the middle is A.

Web Sites for More Songs

Since the tuning for the Coal Mountain Panjo is the same as an Appalachian dulcimer and dulcimer music will work.

https://athensdulcimerclub.wordpress.com/free-tabs

http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/

https://strumstick.com

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