Objekt 8
Double pedal harp by J. & J. Erat, 1830
Object description
Jacob (II) Erat (1799-1836) & James Erat (1801-1858)
London, around 1830
J. & J. ERAT / Patent Harp Manufacturers, / Berners Street, / London No. 1690 (engraving, mechanism plate); Restored by J. George Morley, Harp Maker (from Erard's) / 6 Sussex Place, South Kensington, London. (handwritten, with stencil, neck, above signature); Réparée par J. [George] Morley Facteur de Harpes Er[ard] ... Succs. ... Place South Kensington, Londres (handwritten, with stencil, upper rim of capital, today only partially legible)
Maple, partly painted, gilded (body, round bowl, column, neck); spruce (top); iron (pedal levers); brass (action plates, pedals); stucco, gilded (column)
Range Eb1 - Eb4; 43 strings
seven pedals; fork discs
H. 1697 mm; W. 570 mm (total); D. ca. 880 mm; L. 1250 mm (top)
Inv. no. 1963.262.
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