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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.
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probably first half of the 18th century - Maker:
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Fenton House - Inventory number:
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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