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Walnut, with boxwood lines, but with a mahogany lid. Compass: GG–g''''. 3-octave span: 496. One set of 8' strings. The lowest jack faces away from the player.

  • Date:
    probably first half of the 18th century
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  • Collection:
    Fenton House
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  • Place of production:
    London (Timezone: Europe/London)
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  • Inscriptions:On the highest key: 1742.|On the wrestplank: Leslie Ward [stamped].|On the back of the facia: Leslie Ward [stamped], Dolmetsch, Haslemere, 1950 [written in ink].
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  • Repository:Fenton House
  • Measurements:Case dimensions: Length 1840, maximum width 587 (excluding the key cheeks, which project 131 from the front case side with which they are perpendicular), depth 177