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Objekt 11

Single pedal harp, Erard, 1817

Description

Sébastien Erard (1752 - 1831) and Jean-Baptiste Erard (1749 - 1826 were leaders in both piano and harp making.

Object description

Sébastien (1752-1831) and Jean-Baptiste (1749-1826) Erard

Paris, 1817

PAR BREVET D'INVENTION / ERARD FRÈRES No. 536 / Facteurs de Forté Piano & de Harpes du Roi, / de Ses Menus Plaisirs, & de la Cour Impériale de Russie. / Rue du Mail, No. 13, & 21, à Paris. (engraving, right action plate, neck)

Maple (body, round body, column ?, neck ?); spruce (top); iron (pedal levers); brass (action plates, pedals); stucco, gilded (column)

Range F1 - d4; 41 strings

eight pedals; fork discs; five swell keys

H. 1650 mm; w. 560 mm (total); d. 840 mm; l. 1197 mm (top)

Gift Marie Fehr, Basel Inv. no. 1909.443.

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