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Single-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Single manual Flemish harpsichord. Compass 49notes C₂ - C₆ [C - c'''].Currently three registers: 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft. Repair History: The instrument underwent a ravelement in the 18th century, and was reduced to its current compass c1955.Strings removed to relieve tension.Originally 1 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft with a C₂/E₂ - C₆ [C/E - c'''] compass.
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1645 - Maker:
Couchet, Ioannes - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Antwerp/Belgium - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1814
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15888