Ridolfi Single Manual Harpsichord
date: label: date made
content: 1665
name: label: maker
content: Ridolfi, Giacomo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This harpsichord was made by Giacomo Ridolfi in Italy, in 1665. It is a single manual harpsichord with a compass of C/E - c3, and a disposition of 2 x 8’. The harpsichord has a cypress soundboard, walnut wrestplank, and boxwood naturals and black-stained accidentals with ebony slips. The nameboard is inscribed: “Jacobus Rodulphus Hieronymi de Zentis Discipulus MDCLXV Facieba.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: The separable outer case is made of painted wood and the present décor was applied after the instrument arrived at the museum. The separate trestle stand is made of made of gilt wood with three gilt putti. The original case was painted in a wood-grain finish and can be seen in Hugo Worch photograph #108.
label: Description (Brief)
content: There are examples of Ridolfi instruments in the collections of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota and the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments in New Haven, Connecticut.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095235
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harpsichord
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 3/4 in x 33 in x 77 1/2 in; 108.585 cm x 83.82 cm x 196.85 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 1/2 in x 33 in x 79 1/2 in; 105.41 cm x 83.82 cm x 201.93 cm