COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
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
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