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Single-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Single-manual English harpsichord. Compass 61notes F₁ - F₆ [FF - f''']. Three sets of strings; 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft with lute, harp, machine stop, and venetian swell. Two pedals; the right operating the swell, and the left the machine stop. Repair History: One row of jacks originally had leather plectra instead of the usual quill. The music desk is a replacement. Restoration work including re-stringing and re-voicing by John Raymond in 1992.
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1793 - Maker:
John Broadwood & Sons [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18427