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Clavichord.
Technical description: Triple-fretted clavichord. Compass 45notes, C₂/E₂ - C₆ [C/E - c''']. 22 courses of strings each consisting of a pair of strings. The instrument is double-strung throughout in brass. Walnut case with spruce soundboard; pine lid with a leather hinge. String scalings: C₆ 126, F₅ 197, C₅ 259, F₄ 386, C₄ 486, F₃ 645, C₃ 751, F₂ 881, C₂/E₂ 900. Repair History: Restored by John Barnes in 1967; restrung by John Raymond in 1998 with revisions in 2004.
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Circa 1700 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Possibly Nuremburg - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-4-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by hammers or beaters, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-4-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by hammers or beaters, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1063
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16764