Clavichord
Maker
Robert Goble
Date1948
Place MadeOxford, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedInlaid in brass on nameboard: ROBERT * GOBLE * ANNO * MCMXLVIII
Painted in black on hitchpin block: Robert Goble, Oxford, 1948MarkingsInside of lid: MVSICA * L'TITI' * COMES / MEDICINA * DOLORVMDescriptioncompass AA- e"""(56 notes)unfretted
soundboard painted by donor's mother (Elizabeth) (maker's wife) with various flowers, including irises and roses in shades of blue, yellow, violet, white, pink and red. Also a horsefly and a butterfly.
square, fluted legs
ProvenanceMade in 1948 for Robert Goble's wife, Elizabeth, who decorated it with gilding and painting.
Gift of Paul and Janet Goble (the maker's son and daughter-in-law), Lincoln, Nebraska (moving to Black Hawk, South Dakota), on June 3, 1997.
Published ReferencesWolfgang Joachim Zuckermann, The Modern Harpsichord (New York: 1969), p. 121.
"Recent Acquisitions." America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 25, No. 1 (October 1997), p. 6-7.
Credit LineGift of Paul and Janet Goble, 1997
Object number06075
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