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Objekt 12

Bound clavichord by Christian Gottlob Hubert, 1782

Object description

Christian Gottlob Hubert (1714-1793)

Ansbach, 1782, dated

Christian Gottlob Hubert / Hochfürst[...] scher Hof / Instrumentenmacher Fecit Ao 1782 (handwritten,. slip of paper, inside, left; no longer easy to read)

Solid oak (case); spruce (soundboard); walnut (related underframe); brass (tangents, strings)

Range C - g3 (56 keys); strings throughout with two courses

C - e, a, d1, a1, d2, a2, d3, g3 (fretless); f-f#, g-g#, b-h, c1-c#1, dis1-e1, f1-f#1, g1-g#1, b1-h1, c2-c#2, dis2-e2, f2-f#2, g2-g#2, b2- h2, c3-c#3, dis3-e3, f3-f#3 (bound)

H. 810 mm (total); H. 136 mm; W. 1420 mm; D. 362 mm (case); Stroke measure 470 mm; Octave measure 154 mm

Inv. no. 1905.86.

Purchase

In the bound clavichord, two adjacent keys share a pair of strings.

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