Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Single-manual harpsichord (Jacob Kirkman) : QUARTER VIEW-QTF

Work Record ID: 
0035547
Licence: 
ID Number: 
4349
Title: 
Single-manual harpsichord.
Title Notes: 
Five octaves less a semitone.
Creator: 
Kirkman, Jacob
Date: 
1769
Description: 
Technical description: Single-manual English harpsichord. Compass 60 notes F₁,G₁ - F₆ [FF,GG - f''']. Two registers 2 × 8-ft with machine stop. One pedal, to operate machine stop. String lengths (plucking points); F₆ 127 (71), C₆ 165 (80), F₅ 247 (93), C₅ 335 (102), F₄ 502 (113), C₄ 677 (124), F₃ 957 (139), C₃ 1165 (152), F₂ 1442 (172), C₂ 1620 (186), F₁ 1743 (206).
Work Type: 
Musical Instrument
Work Type: 
Keyboard
Work Type: 
Harpsichords
Work Type: 
Harpsichord
Measurement: 
2192.,272-282.,926.
Production Place: 
London
Production Place: 
Europe
Production Place: 
England
Production Place: 
United Kingdom
Repository: 
MIMEd
Style or Period: 
1760s,18th century
Repro Link ID: 
0035547c-0001
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
63104210
Repro Title: 
Single-manual harpsichord (Jacob Kirkman) : QUARTER VIEW-QTF
Repro Creator Name: 
Dominic Ibbotson
Repro Rights Statement: 
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status: 
Full public access