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Harpsichord

Harpsichord fitted with two manuals and five brass hand stops, Venetian swell (a series of opening and closing oak slats), spruce soundboard and oak case veneered with mahogany and satinwood. The hand stops control the lute, 4-foot, harp, and two 8-foot sets of strings. The instrument has a range of sixty-six notes, CC-f3 chromatic.The sharps are ebony and the naturals are covered with ivory.

  • Date:
    1776 (made)
  • Maker:
    Shudi, Burkat
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Mahogany- and satinwood-veneered case of oak, spruce soundboard, oak Venetian swell, ivory naturals with boxwood fronts and bevelled ebony sharps
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  • Inscriptions:Burkat Shudi et Johannes Boadwood No. 919 Londini Fecerunt 1782. Great Pulteney Street. Golden Square Burkat Shudi and John Broadwood made this in London in 1782. Great Pulteney Street. Golden Square.
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 267.8 cm, Width: 145 cm, Depth: 33.2 cm, Height: 93.5 cm, Weight: 148 kg