Barton Spinet
date: label: date made
content: 1730
name: label: maker
content: Barton, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harpsichord was made by Thomas Barton in London, in 1730. It is a bentside spinet with a compass of GG - g3, and has a disposition of 1 x 8’. The soundboard is made of spruce. This instrument has ivory naturals with arcaded fronts and skunktail accidentals in ebony and ivory. The nameboard is inscribed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Thomas Barton MDCCXXX Londini Fecit.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>The inseparable outer case and trestle stand are made of mahogany. There are three long brass hinges along the spine and three shorter brass hinges on the keyboard cover. The lock plate and cover hinges feature a filigree design.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harpsichoard was previously owned by Morris Steinert, a musical instrument and sheet music dealer in New Haven, Connecticut. This spinet was displayed at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, in Chicago. Steinert presented lectures and played this instrument with about 60 others from his collection at the exposition.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.60.1416
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harpsichord
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 71 in x 41 in; 18.415 cm x 180.34 cm x 104.14 cm