Clavichord
Object type: Clavichord
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johann Heinrich Gräbner
Artist bio: German, Dresden ca. 1700–ca. 1777 Dresden
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 18th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: W. across bottom:   93.7 cm     36-7/8 in.
D.  across bottom:   31.7           12-1/2  in.
H.  without lid:           13.5             5-3/8
3-octave span:          37              14-5/8 
L. naturals:              8                3-1/4
L. top string:            6.4             2-1/4  (sounding)
L. bottm string:      76.4           30-1/8  (sounding)

Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-clavichord
Geography:     Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, The Barrington Foundation Inc. Gift, The Howard Bayne Fund, Rogers Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III and  Mrs. Norma F. Finer Perll Gifts, Gifts of Rev. George Nichols Marshall and The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1985
Accession year: 1985