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Objekt 3

Harpsichord by Ioannes Andrea Menegoni, 1696

Object description

Ioannes Andrea Menegoni (life data unknown)

Venice, 1696, dated

IOANNIS ANDREAE MENEGONI VENETI MDCXCVI. (brand, front board); Joannis Andreae Menegoni Veneti 1696 (ink, front board inside); Repaired by / Hermann Seÿffarth / instrument maker / in Leipzig-Gohlis / 1902 / (inscription, soundboard inside next to rosette)

Cypress (case, soundboard etc.); fir, outside covered with leather, lid inside painted with oil paint (overbox); beech, painted black (underframe); brass (strings)

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

H. 860 mm (total); H. 185 mm; B. 704 mm; L. 1709 mm (case); key measure 494 mm;, octave measure 163 mm

Inv. no. 1879.123.

Gift Mr. Barzaghi-Cattaneo, Milano

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