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Harpsichord

  • Date:
    1776 (made)
  • Maker:
    Kirckman, Jacob and Abraham
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Planed spruce soundboard and mahogany lid; case veneered with cross-banded mahogany, with sycamore stringing
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  • Inscriptions:Jacobus et Abraham Kirckman Londini fecerunt 1776 Jacob and Abraham Kirckman made this in London in 1776
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 236 cm, Width: 94 cm, Height: 31.7 cm without legs, Height: 93 cm with legs, Weight: 104 kg