Single Manual Harpsichord
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This harpsichord was made by an unknown maker, late 19th - early 20th century. It is a single manual harpsichord made in a pseudo-Flemish style with a compass of C/E - f3, and a disposition of 1 x 8”, 1 x 4’, and 2 knobs (one missing) for moving slides that protrude through the cheek piece. The harpsichord has a spruce soundboard with painted floral designs and a blue floral arabesque around the rose hole with a modern cast metal Ruckers-style rose bearing the initials “HR,” and ebony naturals and ivory-topped accidentals. The nameboard is inscribed: “TERRAE REDDO QUOD A COELI ACCEPI” (of what I received from the sky).
label: Description (Brief)
content: The separable outer case is made of wood with painted seascapes and the interior of the lid is painted with a seascape and ships. The case interior is lined with modern imitation Flemish paper. The instrument has a painted wooden stand with gilt decorations and six cabriole legs. It appears that this instrument was made by a workman generally familiar with antique harpsichords but not following any particular style very closely. There is nothing which indicates that it is a rebuild of an authentic earlier instrument in any detail whatsoever.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harpsichords
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1393
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1393
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harpsichord
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 3/4 in x 35 in x 73 in; 100.965 cm x 88.9 cm x 185.42 cm