Maker unknown

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Italy, around 1600

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Spruce, coarse-grained (outer wall, lid); cypress (inner wall, front board); spruce, fine-grained, with openwork rosette (soundboard); brass (strings)

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Range C/E - c3 (45 keys, short bass octave); two 8' stops

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Octave instrument, i.e. the key pattern deviates from the sounding pitch. If the key for c is played, c1 is sounded.

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H. 191 mm; B. 806 mm; L. 1284 mm (case); key size 500 mm; octave size 164 mm

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Deposit Bürgerliches Waisenhaus Basel, Basel Inv.-Nr. 1974.536.a.

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The harpsichord possibly belongs to the same musical environment as the virginal from the Ryff possession.

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