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Single-manual harpsichord.

Technical description: Single-manual Italian harpsichord. Integral case, no 'inner-outer' embellishments. Compass 58notes, G₁ - E₆ [GG - e''']. Three registers, 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft. Unusually the jacks pass through the soundboard which extends over the gap and wrestplank.

  • Date:
    1760
  • Maker:
    Cresci, Alessandro
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Livorno
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:2210