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Clavichord.
Technical description: Unfretted clavichord. Compass 49notes, C₂ - D₆ [C - d''']. Double strung throughout. Bridge double-pinned throughout. Note names are written in ink on a parchment strip beside the tuning pins. The framed stand is old. Repair History: Restored by Hugh Gough and Bronislaw Roguski in 1957 or earlier; work on key guides by John Barnes in 1964; restored by Peter Bavington in 2003.
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Circa 1740 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Dresden - 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:1310
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18364