Objekt 10
Double pedal harp, London, around 1820
Object description
Jacob (II) Erat (1799-1836) & James Erat (1801-1858)
London, c. 1830J. & 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 edge of capital, only partially legible today)
Maple, partly painted, gilded (body, round bowl, pillar, neck); spruce (top); iron (pedal levers); brass (action plates, pedals); stucco, gilded (pillar)
Range E-flat1 - E-flat4; 43 string seven pedals; fork plates
H. 1697 mm; W. 570 mm (total); D. approx. 880 mm; L. 1250 mm (top)
Inv. no. 1963.262.
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