Italian Virginal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1602
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harpsichord was made by an unknown maker in Italy, about 1602. It is a rectangular-shaped virginal with a compass of C/E - f3, and a disposition of 1 x 8’. This instrument has a cypress soundboard, and boxwood naturals dark-stained accidentals. It has spurious nameboard inscribed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>JOHANNES BAPTISTA BONONIEN: MDCII.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>The inseparable case is made of dark-green painted wood. The interior of the lid features a painted landscape scene with dancing and playing figures and a painted band of musical instruments at the top. Research indicates that the interior lid painting appears to applied in the early 18th century with the top band added later. The instrument was acquired without a stand.</p>
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095828
label: accession number
content: 29593
label: catalog number
content: 95828
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: Physical Description
content: cypress (sound board material)
label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (naturals material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (accidentals material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (fragment material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 59 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 151.13 cm x 50.165 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 59 3/4 in x 19 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 151.765 cm x 50.165 cm