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Harpsichord
Harpsichord with two keyboards. Five octaves, F1, G1 - F6 (FF-f3, no FF sharp), 60 notes. Two eight foot registers, one four foot register, lute register, buff stop to front eight foot, machine stop and nag's head lid swell. The left pedal operates the machine stop (pedal up: lower manual 2x8 + 4, upper manual 1x8. pedal down: lower manual 1x8, upper manual 1x 8 (lute)). One rose. The instrument is now in playing condition. The swell mechanism was partially removed during a restoration in 1959 and reinstated during the restoration of 2013.
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1772 - Maker:
Kirckman, Jacob [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Culture:English; West European
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- View the original record:http://horniman.ac.uk/collections/browse-our-collections/object/12042