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Single-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Single-manual German harpsichord. Compass 61notes, F₁ - F₆ [FF - f''']. Three registers 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft. Buff stop on the back register. String lengths (plucking points): F₆ 141 (77), C₆ 185 (86), F₅ 271 (100), C₅ 362 (100), F₄ 532 (125), C₄ 694 (135), F₃ 974 (150), C₃ 1183 (161) F₂ 1480 (176), C₂ 1673 (187), F₁ 1817 (203). Repair History: Extensively restored by Erard in 1935; restored by John Barnes in 1971.
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1764 - Maker:
Hass, Johann Adolph [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Hamburg/Germany - 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:2302
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15496