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Square pianoforte.
Technical description: Scottish square pianoforte. Compass 68notes, F₁ - C₇ [FF - c'''']. Bichord stringing throughout. One pedal operates damper lift. The instrument retains many original strings, action cloths, and hammers.
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Circa 1810 - Maker:
Muir Wood & Co - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh/Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-4-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by hammers or beaters, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-4-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by hammers or beaters, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1280
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14795