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Double-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Double-manual English harpsichord. Compass 60notes F₁,G₁ - F₆ [FF,GG - f''']. Four registers 2 × 8-ft (dogleg), 1 × 4-ft, lute. Gilt rose bearing initials. String lengths (plucking point of dogleg) F₆ 132 (48), C₆ 172 (55), F₅ 257 (67), C₅ 343 (75), F₄ 521 (89), C₄ 690 (102), F₃ 971 (117), C₃ 1193 (131), F₂ 1465 (152), C₂ 1635 (168), F₁ 1791 (186). Repair History: Restoration including restringing by John Barnes, 1976.
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1755 - Maker:
Kirckman, Jacob [Person] - 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
- Measurements:2400
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16427